Scotland's minimum alcohol price policy may have led to a 13% drop in booze-related deaths

Scotland's minimum alcohol price policy may have led to a 13% drop in booze-related deaths Scotland's controversial minimum unit pricing policy has been linked to a 13 per cent drop in alcohol deaths.

New research suggests 156 deaths per year on average in Scotland may have been prevented due to the price change.

The study looked at deaths specifically caused by alcohol. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Evaluating the impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing on deaths and hospitalisations in Scotland: a controlled interrupted time series study (open access) The Lancet
• Minimum pricing averts alcohol deaths, study claims BBC News