Health-motivated taxes on red and processed meat: A modelling study on optimal tax levels and associated health impacts.

BACKGROUND:The consumption of red and processed meat has been associated with increased mortality from chronic diseases, and as a result, it has been classified by the World Health Organization as carcinogenic (processed meat) and probably carcinogenic (red meat) to humans. One policy response is to...

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Main Authors: Marco Springmann, Daniel Mason-D'Croz, Sherman Robinson, Keith Wiebe, H Charles J Godfray, Mike Rayner, Peter Scarborough
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6219766?pdf=render

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