Table 1.

Data sources

Model input	Source
General
Population
Age-sex structure	Statistics South Africa
Age-specific mortality rates	IHME GBD 2015
Price and tax
Product prices	Statistics South Africa, National budget review
Existing excise duties	National budget review
Intervention-specific
Cigarettes
Price elasticity	IARC
Smoking prevalence and intensity	National income dynamics study
Mortality relative risk	Gettert et al (2012)
Beer
Price elasticity	Authors’ calculations
Alcoholic beverage intake	All media and products survey
Mortality relative risk	Di Castelnouvo et al (2006)
SSB
Price elasticity	Cabrera-Escobar et al (2013)
Beverage intake	All media and products survey
Age-sex BMI distributions	National income dynamics study
Mortality relative risk	Freedman et al (2006)

Details on parameter values and further mathematical detail are provided in online supplementary appendix.

BMI, body mass index; SSB, sugar-sweetened beverage.