Impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol purchases in Scotland and Wales: controlled interrupted time series analyses
Summary: Background: As a policy option to reduce consumption of alcohol and the harm it does, on May 1, 2018, Scotland introduced a minimum price of 50 British pence (p) per unit of alcohol (8 g) sold; Wales followed suit on March 2, 2020, with the same minimum unit price (MUP). We analysed househ...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-08-01
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Series: | The Lancet Public Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468266721000529 |