Minimum unit pricing has led to drop in alcohol sales in Scotland, data show

Scotland has seen a tangible reduction in alcohol sales in the three years following the introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP) when compared with England and Wales, a report1 has found.Public Health Scotland and the University of Glasgow found that three full years after it was rolled out in May 2018, MUP was associated with a 3% net reduction in total per adult alcohol sales in Scotland, when adjusting for alcohol sales in England and Wales and other factors such as the covid-19 pandemic.Experts said the study methods gave confidence that the reduction in sales seen in Scotland was down to MUP.Jim Lewsey, professor of medical statistics at the University of Glasgow and co-author of the paper, said, “Incorporating data from England and Wales into our analysis controls for any changes in sales in a neighbouring region where the legislation was not introduced. This was of particular importance with the…
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