J Gill
Heavy Drinkers and the Potential Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing—No Single or Simple Effect?
Gill, J; Black, H; O’May, F; Chick, J; Gill, Jan; Black, Heather; Rush, R; O'May, Fiona; Chick, Jonathan
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H Black
F O’May
J Chick
Jan Gill
Heather Black
R Rush
Fiona O'May
Jonathan Chick
Abstract
Aims: To explore the potential impact of a minimum unit price (MUP: 50 pence per UK unit) on the alcohol consumption of ill Scottish heavy drinkers.
Methods: Participants were 639 patients attending alcohol treatment services or admitted to hospital with an alcohol-related condition. From their reported expenditure on alcohol in their index week, and assuming this remained unchanged, we estimated the impact of a MUP (50ppu) on future consumption. (Around 15% purchased from both the more expensive on-sale outlets (hotels, pubs, bars) and from off-sales (shops and supermarkets). For them we estimated the change in consumption that might follow MUP if (i) they continued this proportion of ‘on-sales’ purchasing or (ii) their reported expenditure was moved entirely to off-sale purchasing (to maintain consumption levels)).
Results: Around 69% of drinkers purchased exclusively off-sale alcohol at
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 9, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Sep 7, 2017 |
Publication Date | Nov 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Aug 10, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 8, 2018 |
Journal | Alcohol And Alcoholism |
Print ISSN | 0735-0414 |
Electronic ISSN | 1464-3502 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 52 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 722-729 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agx060 |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/974768 |
Contract Date | Aug 10, 2017 |
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This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Alcohol and Alcoholism following peer review. The version of record J Gill, H Black, R Rush, F O’May, J Chick; Heavy Drinkers and the Potential Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing—No Single or Simple Effect?, Alcohol and Alcoholism, Volume 52, Issue 6, 1 November 2017, Pages 722–729, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agx060
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