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Alcohol and Public Health
Commentary: Minimum unit price—how the evidence stacks up
BMJ 2014; 348 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g67 (Published 08 January 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;348:g67
- Nick Sheron, head of clinical hepatology1,
- Kate Eisenstein, senior policy adviser2
- 1University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- 2Royal College of Physicians, London, UK
- Correspondence to: N Sheron nick.sheron{at}soton.ac.uk
The mean weekly alcohol consumption of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis is around 15 bottles of white wine or 5 bottles of vodka, 20 litres of super strong lager, or 20 litres of strong white cider brewed from fructose syrup.1 2 As a result, irrespective of income, these very heavy drinkers opt for the cheapest possible alcohol—currently around 30 pence (€0.36; $0.49) per unit. The average low risk drinker already pays around £1/unit of alcohol …
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