Minimum alcohol pricing shows 'significant impacts,' says expert
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 21:01
in Mathematics & Economics
Government plans to impose a minimum price of 40p per unit of alcohol will have "significant impacts" including a 38,900 reduction in hospital admissions, a 1,149 reduction in deaths and a cut in alcohol consumption by 2.4%, says John Appleby, Chief Economist at the King's Fund, in an article published in the British Medical Journal today.