• Health affairs · Jan 2012

    A penny-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages would cut health and cost burdens of diabetes.

    • Y Claire Wang, Pamela Coxson, Yu-Ming Shen, Lee Goldman, and Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo.
    • Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA. ycw2102@columbia.edu
    • Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Jan 1;31(1):199-207.

    AbstractSugar-sweetened beverages are a major contributor to the US obesity and diabetes epidemics. Using the Coronary Heart Disease Policy Model, we examined the potential impact on health and health spending of a nationwide penny-per-ounce excise tax on these beverages. We found that the tax would reduce consumption of these beverages by 15 percent among adults ages 25-64. Over the period 2010-20, the tax was estimated to prevent 2.4 million diabetes person-years, 95,000 coronary heart events, 8,000 strokes, and 26,000 premature deaths, while avoiding more than $17 billion in medical costs. In addition to generating approximately $13 billion in annual tax revenue, a modest tax on sugar-sweetened beverages could reduce the adverse health and cost burdens of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases.

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