Comparing taxes as a percentage of sugar-sweetened beverage prices in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Main Authors: Maxime Roche (Author), Miriam Alvarado (Author), Rosa Carolina Sandoval (Author), Fabio da Silva Gomes (Author), Guillermo Paraje (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Excise taxes can be used to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), an important preventable risk factor for noncommunicable diseases. This study aimed to compare novel standardized indicators of the level of taxes applied on SSBs as a percentage of the price...