1. Impact of the Berkeley Excise Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption.
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Falbe, Jennifer, Thompson, Hannah R, Becker, Christina M, Rojas, Nadia, McCulloch, Charles E, and Madsen, Kristine A
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Cancer ,Infectious Diseases ,Adult ,Beverages ,California ,Commerce ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Dietary Sucrose ,Drinking Behavior ,Female ,Humans ,Male ,Middle Aged ,Sweetening Agents ,Taxes ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Public Health - Abstract
ObjectivesTo evaluate the impact of the excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption in Berkeley, California, which became the first US jurisdiction to implement such a tax ($0.01/oz) in March 2015.MethodsWe used a repeated cross-sectional design to examine changes in pre- to posttax beverage consumption in low-income neighborhoods in Berkeley versus in the comparison cities of Oakland and San Francisco, California. A beverage frequency questionnaire was interviewer administered to 990 participants before the tax and 1689 after the tax (approximately 8 months after the vote and 4 months after implementation) to examine relative changes in consumption.ResultsConsumption of SSBs decreased 21% in Berkeley and increased 4% in comparison cities (P = .046). Water consumption increased more in Berkeley (+63%) than in comparison cities (+19%; P
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- 2016