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Minimum unit pricing for alcohol
Minimum unit pricing for alcohol: Scotland the brave
BMJ 2019; 367 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6105 (Published 24 October 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;367:l6105- Christopher J Graham, masters student (public health) and online education officer12
- 1Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- 2Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH2 1JQ, UK
- christopher.graham{at}postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
On 1 May 2018, Scotland courageously (after years of legal challenge by alcohol companies) implemented a world first: a national minimum unit pricing (MUP) policy with a mandatory lowest retail price per unit of alcohol.123 O’Donnell and colleagues provide encouraging evidence that this policy is effective, with weekly purchases reduced by 9.5 g of alcohol per adult per household.1 In the linked editorial, Mooney and Carlin argue that the rest of the …
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