Reactions of industry and associated organisations to the announcement of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: longitudinal thematic analysis of UK media articles, 2016-18

• Main Authors: Tarra L. Penney (Author), Catrin P. Jones (Author), David Pell (Author), Steven Cummins (Author), Jean Adams (Author), Hannah Forde (Author), Oliver Mytton (Author), Harry Rutter (Author), Richard Smith (Author), Martin White (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) was announced in March 2016, became law in April 2017, and was implemented in April 2018. Empirical analyses of commercial responses have not been undertaken to establish the scale, direction or nuance of industry media messaging around fis...