Beverages Sales in Mexico before and after Implementation of a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax.

OBJECTIVE:To estimate changes in sales of sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) and plain water after a 1 peso per liter excise SSB tax was implemented in Mexico in January 2014. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We used sales data from the Monthly Surveys of the Manufacturing Industry from January 2007 to December 20...

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Main Authors: M A Colchero, Carlos Manuel Guerrero-López, Mariana Molina, Juan Angel Rivera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5036812?pdf=render
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author M A Colchero
Carlos Manuel Guerrero-López
Mariana Molina
Juan Angel Rivera
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description OBJECTIVE:To estimate changes in sales of sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) and plain water after a 1 peso per liter excise SSB tax was implemented in Mexico in January 2014. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We used sales data from the Monthly Surveys of the Manufacturing Industry from January 2007 to December 2015. We estimated Ordinary Least Squares models to assess changes in per capita sales of SSB and plain water adjusting for seasonality and the global indicator of economic activity. RESULTS:We found a decrease of 7.3% in per capita sales of SSB and an increase of 5.2% of per capita sales of plain water in 2014-2015 compared to the pre-tax period (2007-2013). CONCLUSIONS:Adjusting for variables that change over time and that are associated with the demand for SSB, we found the tax was associated with a reduction in per capita sales of SSB. The effectiveness of the tax should be evaluated in the medium and long term.
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spelling doaj.art-77dd92071f58481db8889a6d30be321c2022-12-22T03:30:31ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-01119e016346310.1371/journal.pone.0163463Beverages Sales in Mexico before and after Implementation of a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax.M A ColcheroCarlos Manuel Guerrero-LópezMariana MolinaJuan Angel RiveraOBJECTIVE:To estimate changes in sales of sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) and plain water after a 1 peso per liter excise SSB tax was implemented in Mexico in January 2014. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We used sales data from the Monthly Surveys of the Manufacturing Industry from January 2007 to December 2015. We estimated Ordinary Least Squares models to assess changes in per capita sales of SSB and plain water adjusting for seasonality and the global indicator of economic activity. RESULTS:We found a decrease of 7.3% in per capita sales of SSB and an increase of 5.2% of per capita sales of plain water in 2014-2015 compared to the pre-tax period (2007-2013). CONCLUSIONS:Adjusting for variables that change over time and that are associated with the demand for SSB, we found the tax was associated with a reduction in per capita sales of SSB. The effectiveness of the tax should be evaluated in the medium and long term.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5036812?pdf=render
spellingShingle M A Colchero
Carlos Manuel Guerrero-López
Mariana Molina
Juan Angel Rivera
Beverages Sales in Mexico before and after Implementation of a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax.
PLoS ONE
title Beverages Sales in Mexico before and after Implementation of a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax.
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title_fullStr Beverages Sales in Mexico before and after Implementation of a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax.
title_full_unstemmed Beverages Sales in Mexico before and after Implementation of a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax.
title_short Beverages Sales in Mexico before and after Implementation of a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax.
title_sort beverages sales in mexico before and after implementation of a sugar sweetened beverage tax
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