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Salud Pública de México
Print version ISSN 0036-3634
Abstract
GOMEZ-DANTES, Octavio; OROZCO-NUNEZ, Emanuel; TORRES-DE LA ROSA, Christian Paul and LOPEZ-SANTIAGO, Mariana. Stakeholder analysis of the deliberation of an increase to the excise tax on sweetened beverages in Mexico. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2021, vol.63, n.3, pp.436-443. Epub Feb 20, 2023. ISSN 0036-3634. https://doi.org/10.21149/11762.
Objective:
To present the results of a stakeholder analysis used to construct a map of the actors involved in the delib- eration of a proposal to increase the tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) in Mexico from 10 to 20 percent per liter.
Materials and methods:
A literature review and in- terviews to key actors were implemented. The analysis of the actors’ power and position was made using Policymaker.
Results:
There was concern for the obesity epidemic among all stakeholders, but little consensus on the way to solve it. Researchers and non-governmental organizations (NGO) support an increase in the tax on SSB, while government officials and industry representatives oppose this measure.
Conclusión:
Supporters of an increase to the tax on SSB need to build a coalition in order to force government officials to support this policy and successfully confront the soda industry, which has a solid opposing strategy and enormous financial resources to influence public opinion and congressmen.
Keywords : health policy; stakeholder participation; sugarsweetened beverages; taxes.