Ponce Julian, Yuan Haoxuan, Schillinger Dean, Mahmood Hina, Lee Matthew, Falbe Jen, Daniels Ryane, Madsen Kristine A
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, United States.
University of California, San Francisco, Division of General Internal Medicine and Center for Vulnerable Populations, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, United States.
Prev Med Rep. 2020 May 28;19:101129. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101129. eCollection 2020 Sep.
The sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) industry has claimed that food and beverage retailers are opposed to SSB taxes. In 2018 and 2019, we formally evaluated retailers' perceptions of SSB taxes using semi-structured interviews (including open- and closed-ended questions) with 103 randomly selected retailers (50 corner and liquor stores; 28 chain convenience, drug, and mass-merchandise stores; 18 chain supermarkets and discount supermarkets; and 7 independent supermarkets) across 3 cities with SSB taxes (Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco); interviews occurred in 2018 and 2019 (approximately 3 years, 1 year and 6 months post tax-implementation, respectively). A majority of both small and large retailers reported the tax had only a minimal effect on their business (70%). About half of retailers believed that other cities should adopt SSB taxes (53%), and were supportive of a statewide SSB tax (53%), noting it would level the playing field and better support health in their communities. Retailers' responses did not differ based on neighborhood income, and only 2 responses differed significantly between large and small retailers. Only 2 of 103 retailers reported raising the price of a non-beverage product in response to the tax, specifically raising the price of snack foods of low nutritional quality and alcoholic beverages. A majority of retailers in 3 California cities with SSB taxes have no concerns regarding the tax, endorse the health goals of SSB taxes and support statewide expansion of SSB tax policies.
含糖饮料（SSB）行业宣称食品和饮料零售商反对征收SSB税。在2018年和2019年，我们通过半结构化访谈（包括开放式和封闭式问题）对随机挑选的103家零售商（50家街角商店和酒类商店；28家连锁便利店、药店和大型商场；18家连锁超市和折扣超市；以及7家独立超市）进行了正式评估，这些零售商分布在3个征收SSB税的城市（伯克利、奥克兰和旧金山）；访谈分别在2018年和2019年进行（大约在税收实施后3年、1年和6个月）。大多数小型和大型零售商都表示该税对其业务影响甚微（70%）。约一半的零售商认为其他城市应该征收SSB税（53%），并支持在全州范围内征收SSB税（53%），指出这将创造公平的竞争环境并更好地促进其所在社区的健康。零售商的回答不因社区收入而有所不同，只有两个回答在大型和小型零售商之间存在显著差异。103家零售商中只有2家报告因该税提高了非饮料产品的价格，具体是提高了低营养质量的休闲食品和酒精饮料的价格。在加利福尼亚州3个征收SSB税的城市中，大多数零售商对该税并无担忧，认可SSB税的健康目标，并支持在全州范围内扩大SSB税政策。
