Taxing snack foods
Subtitle: what to expect for diet and tax revenues
By: Fred Kuchler, Abebayehu Tegene, and J. Michael Harris
Series: Agriculture information bulletin -- no. 747-08; Current issues in economics of food markets
Publisher: Economic Research Serivce, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.
Language: eng
Format: [microform] :
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Obesity; Junk food; Taxation; Snack foods; Excise tax
Description: Health researchers and health policy advocates have proposed levying excise taxes on snack foods as a possible way to address the growing prevalence of obesity and overweight in the United States. Some proposals suggest higher prices alone will change consumers' diets. Others claim that change will be possible if earmarked taxes are used to fund an information program. This research examines the potential impact of excise taxes on snack foods, using baseline data from a household survey of food purchases.
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