24 Aug Policy Brief: A Sugary Drink Tax for New Zealand
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The New Zealand Beverage Guidance Panel has written a Policy Brief: A Sugary Drink Tax for New Zealand
This document provides:
- The rationale why a sugary drink tax is an important component of any strategy to address childhood obesity, adult obesity and dental caries.
- An outline of the possible structure a sugary drink tax may take.
- An estimation of revenue such a tax could generate.
- Suggested areas of how revenue could be used.