What role do taxes and regulation play in promoting better health?
by Beech, Jake; Cooper, Emily; Holmes, Jonathon; McKenna, Helen.The King's Fund.
Publisher: The King's Fund, London : 2020.Description: 42p.Summary: The use of regulatory and fiscal policy tools in improving public health has long generated heated debate, and is rising up the agenda once more. This briefing aims to contribute to the debate, looking at how a range of policy levers might be used effectively to reduce consumption of tobacco and alcohol, and unhealthy consumption of food and drink, and ultimately improve people’s health..Subject(s): health improvement | behaviour change | price control | indirect taxation | regulation | health policy | health promotion | public health | food prices | alcohol consumption | tobacco consumption | sugar | soft drinks | takeaway food | smoking cessation | obesity | case studiesDigital copyAvailability: Online access List(s) this item appears in: Promoting better health: taxation and regulation [October 2023] | Public health in England (September 2023]
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The use of regulatory and fiscal policy tools in improving public health has long generated heated debate, and is rising up the agenda once more. This briefing aims to contribute to the debate, looking at how a range of policy levers might be used effectively to reduce consumption of tobacco and alcohol, and unhealthy consumption of food and drink, and ultimately improve people’s health.
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