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Health-motivated taxes on red and processed meat: a modelling study on optimal tax levels and health and climate-change co-benefits

Marco Springmann, Daniel Mason-D’Croz, Sherman Robinson, Keith Wiebe, H. Charles J. Godfray, Mike Rayner, Peter Scarborough

International Food Policy Research Institute (International Food Policy Research Institute) · 2017

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Summary

The consumption of red and processed meat has been associated with increased mortality from chronic diseases, including cancer, and its production causes a significant portion of food-related greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. One policy response is to regulate red and processed meat consumption similar to other foods of public health concerns. Here we describe a market-based approach of taxing red and processed meat according to its health impacts.

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Peer-reviewed study
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