Impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol purchases in Scotland and Wales: controlled interrupted time series analyses

• Main Authors: Peter Anderson, ProfMD (Author), Amy O'Donnell, PhD (Author), Eileen Kaner, ProfPhD (Author), Eva Jané Llopis, PhD (Author), Jakob Manthey, PhD (Author), Jürgen Rehm, ProfPhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 househo...