A burgeoning body of empirical evidence demonstrates that increases in the price of alcohol
can reduce per capita alcohol consumption and harmful drinking. Taxes on alcohol can be …

This paper offers a perspective on the research evidence for minimum pricing for alcohol as
a public health measure from a country where this policy idea originated. It looks at the …

The social costs1 of alcohol misuse are a concern for many governments and there is good
evidence that price is an effective, if not the most effective, instrument in reducing alcohol …

The UK has seen a dramatic increase in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm over
the past 30 years. Alcohol taxation has long been considered a key method of controlling …

The Scottish Health Secretary recently proposed a minimum price of 45p per unit of alcohol
as part of a wider Alcohol Bill, though the measure was defeated at the committee stage and …

The authors have received funding from the Scottish Government and other public bodies for
multiple projects to estimate the potential effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of minimum …

We would like to respond to criticism of our research by the UK Wine and Spirit Trade
Association [1], a UK alcohol industry trade magazine [2] and the Scotch Whisky Association …

This article examines the alcohol industry's legal challenges to minimum unit pricing (MUP)
in Scotland through the stages heuristic of the policy process. It builds on previous studies of …

Statistician John C. Duffy and ASI fellow Christopher Snowdon assess the Sheffield Alcohol
Policy Model, used as the basis for the British and Scottish governments' calls for minimum …

There is an interest globally in using Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) of alcohol to promote
public health. Canada is the only country to have both implemented and evaluated some …