Wales

Minimum unit pricing evidence from Scotland and Wales

14 January 2022

Online

United Kingdom

Is minimum unit pricing working? Examining the evidence from Scotland and Wales

About this event

Professor Eileen Kaner, Newcastle University, will share with us the findings of the Impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol purchases in Scotland and Wales study, as published in The Lancet.

Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing on Alcohol Purchases in Scotland and Wales

Scientific article

28 May 2021

In an attempt to reduce consumption of alcohol and the harm it causes, Scotland and Wales introduced minimum unit pricing (MUP) on alcohol purchases. Minimum unit price (MUP) is a pricing policy that sets a strength-based threshold price...

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News

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Book

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Scientific article

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Scientific article

1 July 2017

Seen as excluding health concerns and requiring an individualistic and ‘premises by premises’ approach, interviews with stakeholders and a revisiting of the 2003 Licensing Act for England and Wales suggest it could nevertheless be used to...