Alcohol: minimum pricing could decrease consumption, while increasing industry revenue by 68%

Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 17:28 in Mathematics & Economics

(PhysOrg.com) -- A leading Scottish health economist will today present new data which will show that the alcohol industry in Scotland could experience an increase in revenue even if the Scottish Government's proposals to introduce a minimum price per unit of alcohol in Scotland resulted in a 30% reduction in consumption of low priced alcohol products.

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