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dc.contributor.authorForde, Hannah
dc.contributor.authorPenney, Tarra
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Martin
dc.contributor.authorLevy, Louis
dc.contributor.authorGreaves, Felix
dc.contributor.authorAdams, Jean
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-26T02:01:18Z
dc.date.available2022-02-26T02:01:18Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-29
dc.identifierhttps://chesterrep.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10034/626713/IJHPM_Volume%2011_Issue%2011_Pages%202618-2629.pdf?sequence=2
dc.identifier.citationForde, H., Penney, T., White, M., Levy, L., Greaves, F., & Adams, J. (2022). Understanding Marketing Responses to a Tax on Sugary Drinks: A Qualitative Interview Study in the United Kingdom, 2019. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11(1), 2618-2629. https://doi.org/10.34172/IJHPM.2022.5465
dc.identifier.issn2322-5939
dc.identifier.doi10.34172/IJHPM.2022.5465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/626713
dc.description.abstractBackground: The World Health Organization recommends that countries implement fiscal policies to reduce the health impacts of sugary drinks. Few studies have fully examined the responses of industry to these policies, and whether they support or undermine health benefits of sugary drinks taxes. We aimed to explore the changes that sugary drinks companies may make to their marketing, and underlying decision-making processes, in response to such a tax. Methods: Following introduction of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) in 2018, we undertook one-to-one semi-structured interviews with UK stakeholders with experience of the strategic decision-making or marketing of soft drink companies. We purposively recruited interviewees using seed and snowball sampling. We conducted telephone interviews with 6 representatives from each of industry, academia and civil society (total n=18), which were transcribed verbatim and thematically analysed. Four transcripts were double-coded, three were excluded from initial coding to allow comparison; and findings were checked by interviewees. Results: Themes were organised into a theoretical framework that reveals a cyclical, iterative and ongoing process of soft drink company marketing decision-making, which was accelerated by the SDIL. Decisions about marketing affect a product’s position, or niche, in the market and were primarily intended to maintain profits. A product’s position is enacted through various marketing activities including reformulation and price variation, and non-marketing activities like lobbying. A soft drink company’s selection of marketing activities appeared to be influenced by their internal context, such as brand strength, and external context, such as consumer trends and policy. For example, a company with low brand strength and an awareness of trends for reducing sugar consumption may be more likely to reformulate to lower-sugar alternatives. Conclusion: The theoretical framework suggests that marketing responses following the SDIL were coordinated and context-dependent, potentially explaining observed heterogeneity in responses across the industry.
dc.publisherKerman University of Medical Sciences
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.ijhpm.com/article_4204.html
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourcepissn: 2322-5939
dc.subjectHealth Policy
dc.subjectHealth Information Management
dc.subjectLeadership and Management
dc.subjectManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law
dc.subjectHealth (social science)
dc.titleUnderstanding Marketing Responses to a Tax on Sugary Drinks: A Qualitative Interview Study in the United Kingdom, 2019
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Cambridge; York University, Toronto; University of Chester; Public Health England; Imperial College London; National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
dc.identifier.journalInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management
dc.date.updated2022-02-26T02:01:18Z


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