Sweetened beverage taxes and changes in beverage price, imports and manufacturing: interrupted time series analysis in a middle-income country

• Main Authors: Andrea Teng (Author), Viliami Puloka (Author), Murat Genç (Author), Ofeina Filimoehala (Author), Catherine Latu (Author), Mohulamu Lolomana'ia (Author), Sutayut Osornprasop (Author), Louise Signal (Author), Nick Wilson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The Pacific Island nation of Tonga (a middle-income country) introduced a sweetened beverage tax of T$0.50/L in 2013, with this increasing further in 2016 (to T$1.00/L), and in 2017 (T$1.50/L; US$0.02/oz). Given the potential importance of such types of fiscal intervention for pr...