By Professor John Robertson OBA
From The Scottish Health Survey 2023 – volume 1: main report, published today, the above, graph showing a steady but limited fall in average alcohol consumption in the early years of the devolved Scottish Government (Labour/Lib Dem) then a sharper fall under the SNP from 2008.1
The Minimum Unit Pricing legislation came into effect from May 2018.
Research by Newcastle University published in May 2021 found that alcohol sales dropped by 7.7% in Scotland following the introduction of a minimum price, when compared to north-east England.
A study published in 2021 found reductions in overall purchases of alcohol, largely restricted to households that bought the most alcohol, which continued into 2020. A study carried out by Public Health Scotland, and the University of Glasgow, found that the implementation of alcohol minimum unit pricing in Scotland led to a 13.4% reduction in deaths from alcohol-specific causes.2
Sources:
- https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-health-survey-2023-volume-1-main-report/pages/14/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_(Minimum_Pricing)_(Scotland)_Act_2012#:~:text=The%20Alcohol%20(Minimum%20Pricing)%20(,programme%20to%20counter%20alcohol%20problems.&text=An%20Act%20of%20the%20Scottish%20Parliament%20to%20make%20provision%20about,premises;%20and%20for%20connected%20purposes.&text=The%20Act%20was%20passed%20with,whip%20and%20supported%20the%20government.
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Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
Yes, remember how the english supermarkets and politicians and the newspapers and BBC especially BBC Scotland and Sky and the labour party and conservative party and lib dem party especially their helpers in Scottish parliament ALL fought against this legislation in Scotland in fact england and wales still have not introduced such legislation they continue to allow huge numbers of people to die from alcohol illnesses.They did the same nonsense with smoking and with bottle returns its as if all those afforementioned fools want Scottish people to suffer and die earlier , unnecessarily.
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From the Daily Mail October 2018. ‘We have been stocking up!’ Border supermarkets buy in extra drink as they prepare for Scots to flock south on booze cruises after it becomes the first country in the world to impose minimum price on alcohol.
Aye so they will..
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it’s gey hard work coupin gless efter gless, so I gave it up, 10 years ago.
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If the purchase of alcohol has in fact increased just across the border, then that might be proof of their theory that Scots were surging into England to stock up with cheaper alcohol OR it might just be that there’s an alcohol problem there which could benefit from minimum pricing.😊
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