Sugar taxation policy and sugar consumption in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Nivakan, Sritharan, Salawati, Sahari, Sharon Cheuk, Choy Sheung, Mohamed Ahmad, Syubaili
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Rynnye Lyan Resources 2024
• Subjects: HF5601 Accounting
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46485/1/Sugar_taxation_policy_and_sugar_consumption_in_Mal.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46485/; https://www.myfoodresearch.com/uploads/8/4/8/5/84855864/_11__fr-2022-539_sritharan.pdf; https://doi.org/10.26656/fr.2017.8(5).539

Malaysia has been taking initiatives to combat obesity as well as non-communicable diseases. A sugar-sweetened beverage (SSBs) tax was proposed in 2014 and implemented in 2019 with an excise duty of RM0.40 per litre for ready-to-drink sugar content. This article aimed to spark a discussion about Ma...