Health Taxes: A Compelling Policy for the Crises of Today

For this report, the Task Force commissioned additional background papers on health taxes to update the evidence, assess short-term revenue potential, and understand the role of health taxes in the current era of multiple crises. We find that health taxes continue to be underutilized despite the powerful impact they have in reducing preventable death and disease — a particularly glaring act of neglect in a world that has experienced a massive pandemic.