Applying Tobacco Control Lessons to Obesity: Taxes and Other Pricing Strategies to Reduce Consumption

University of Illinois, Chicago Economist, Frank J. Chaloupka, and PHAI Senior Staff Attorney, Patricia A. Davidson co-authored Applying Tobacco Control Lessons to Obesity: Taxes and Other Pricing Strategies to Reduce Consumption (PDF).  Commissioned by the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium the paper explores the applicability of tobacco control taxation and pricing strategies to obesity prevention.