Differential impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol consumption between Scottish men and women: controlled interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the immediate impact of the introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP) in Scotland on alcohol consumption and whether the impact differed by sex, level of alcohol consumption, age, social grade and level of residential deprivation of respondents.

Design

Primary controlled interrupted time series analysis and secondary before-and-after analysis of the impact of introducing MUP in Scotland using alcohol consumption data for England as control.

Setting

Data from Kantar Worldpanel's Alcovision survey, a continuous retrospective online timeline follow-back diary survey of the previous week's alcohol consumption.

Participants

53 347 women and 53 143 men.

Interventions

Introduction of a minimum price of 50 pence per UK unit (6.25 pence/g) fo

SUBMITTER: Rehm J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9315916 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature