Callinan, Sarah and Pennay, Amy (2023) Minimum unit pricing for alcohol targets harms experienced by people in lower socioeconomic groups in Scotland. The Lancet, 401, (10385), pp. 1315-1317. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00562-7.
External website: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/...
Alcohol is thought to be responsible for 1·6% (women) and 6·0% (men) of disability-adjusted life-years, and 2·2% (women) and 6·8% (men) of deaths, globally. In an attempt to reduce these harms, Scotland introduced minimum unit pricing (MUP) of £0·50 per unit, a floor price at which a standard drink could be sold, in May, 2018. This policy was projected to decrease consumption and thus harms in people with high consumption of alcohol, while also reducing health inequality by reducing harm among people in lower socioeconomic groups who consume alcohol.
[Note, to view this article without a subscription, you will need to create a free account on the journal website]
B Substances > Alcohol
MA-ML Social science, culture and community > Social condition > Poverty / deprivation
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Policy > Policy on substance use > Harm reduction policy
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Economic policy
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Economic aspects of substance use (cost / pricing)
P Demography, epidemiology, and history > Population dynamics > Substance related mortality / death
VA Geographic area > Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland
Repository Staff Only: item control page