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22-03-2023, 12:24 PM
Andrew Gregory Health editor
Tue 21 Mar 2023 00.01 GMT
Scotland’s pioneering policy of minimum pricing for alcohol has been linked to a 13% drop in the number of deaths from alcohol consumption, and hundreds fewer hospitalisations, according to a study.
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In May 2018, the Scottish government introduced legislation implementing a minimum price of 50p a unit of alcohol. The research published in the Lancet suggests it has been associated with about 150 fewer deaths a year on average.
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There was also a 4.1% reduction in hospitalisations for conditions wholly attributable to alcohol consumption, equivalent to avoiding 411 hospitalisations a year on average.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023...tudy-finds
Tue 21 Mar 2023 00.01 GMT
Scotland’s pioneering policy of minimum pricing for alcohol has been linked to a 13% drop in the number of deaths from alcohol consumption, and hundreds fewer hospitalisations, according to a study.
......
In May 2018, the Scottish government introduced legislation implementing a minimum price of 50p a unit of alcohol. The research published in the Lancet suggests it has been associated with about 150 fewer deaths a year on average.
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There was also a 4.1% reduction in hospitalisations for conditions wholly attributable to alcohol consumption, equivalent to avoiding 411 hospitalisations a year on average.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023...tudy-finds
