Immediate impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol purchases in Scotland: controlled interrupted time series analysis for 2015-18.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To assess the immediate impact of the introduction of minimum unit pricing in Scotland on household alcohol purchases. DESIGN:Controlled interrupted time series analysis. SETTING:Purchase data from Kantar Worldpanel's household shopping panel for 2015-18. PARTICIPANTS:5325 Scottish households, 54 807 English households as controls, and 10 040 households in northern England to control for potential cross border effects. INTERVENTIONS:Introduction of a minimum price of 50p (€0.55; $0.61) per UK unit (6.25p per gram) for the sale of alcohol in Scotland on 1 May 2018. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Price per gram of alcohol, number of grams of alcohol purchased from off-trade by households, and weekly household expenditure on alcohol. RESULTS:The introduction of minimum unit pricing in Scotla

SUBMITTER: O'Donnell A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6759563 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature