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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 106, Issue 10, Pages 1865-1871Publisher
AMER PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOC INC
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303362
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- Global Obesity Prevention Center, Johns Hopkins University
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Office of the Director [U54HD070725]
- National Institutes of Health
- Community Health Equity and Promotion Branch, San Francisco Department of Public Health
- University of California Office of the President Multi-Campus Research Initiative grant
- American Heart Association [14POST20140055]
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Objectives. To 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. Methods. We 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. Results. Consumption 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 < .01). Conclusions. Berkeley's excise tax reduced SSB consumption in low-income neighborhoods. Evaluating SSB taxes in other cities will improve understanding of their public health benefit and their generalizability.
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