OHA apologizes for not publishing study that showed limited impact of increased beer, wine taxes on heavy drinking

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Research commissioned by the Oregon Health Authority found that an increase in Oregon's excise tax on beer and wine would likely have a muted impact on heavy drinking, but could raise hundreds of millions in tax revenue for the state. AP

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After a week of scathing rebuke from Republican lawmakers and members of the beverage industry, an Oregon Health Authority leader apologized Thursday for the agency’s failure to publish a 2021 study that showed increasing beer and wine taxes would have little impact on curbing drinking among the heaviest alcohol users.

Dean Sidelinger, state health officer and epidemiologist for the Oregon Health Authority, delivered the apology to lawmakers, industry experts and other members of a task force created by the Legislature last year to study alcohol addiction and pricing.

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