case study 3 NHM 531

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1 Case Scenario 1: San Francisco's Sugary Beverages Tax Mary Claire Dale 1. Stakeholder Involvement: a. Who championed the tax initiative? San Francisco b. Were there any major opponents? A tax that applied a penny-per-oz on sugar sweetened beverages. How did their concerns influence the policy's final draft? The influences were the amount of revenue aimed at nutrition, health, & physical activity programs in the city. c. Identify local organizations, industry players, and community groups that played a role in discussions surrounding the tax. San Francisco Dept. of Public Health & San Francisco Public Health Foundation 2. Scientific Data and Evidence: ○ What research or data did San Francisco use to justify the introduction of the tax? Sugar sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes are a promising strategy to decrease SSB con- sumption, and their inequitable health impacts, while raising revenue to meet social objectives. ○ How does the consumption of sugary beverages correlate with health metrics in the city? Supports communities capacity and self-determination while also decreasing chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease, and through developing a distribution process for high quality fresh produce and other food staples that not only provided vital sustenance to communities
2 3. Issue Framing: ○ How did proponents of the tax frame its necessity and benefits to gain public support? It has promoted structural and systemic changes in access to healthy food, and improved cultural norms related to water, sugary drinks and fruit and vegetable consumption. ○ How did opponents frame their arguments against it? Food and beverage retailers were opposed to SSB taxes because it would cost them more money to sell their products. 5. Implementation: ○ How was the tax collected and enforced? The distributors of sugar-sweetened beverages in San Francisco would be responsible for paying the tax. The tax would not apply to retail sales of sugar-sweetened beverages. ○ Were businesses given guidelines or assistance for compliance? All per unit soda taxes in the United States are based on an eligible drink's volume and not its sugar content. That is, an eight-ounce drink with two teaspoons of sugar is taxed the same rate as an eight-ounce drink with seven teaspoons of sugar.
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