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

O'Donnell A.

Anderson P.

Jané-Llopis E.

Manthey J.

Kaner E.

Rem Yu. Yurgen 1958-

О'Доннелл А.

Андерсон П.

Йанé-Ллопис Е.

Мантхеy Й.

Канер Е.

Рем Ю. Юрген 1958-

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

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BMJ: British Medical Journal: International Edition

BMJ Publishing Group

Vol.366 Num.l5274

2019

Статья

adult alcohol consumption alcoholic beverage Article beer cider controlled study cost health care policy household income human lowest income group priority journal program evaluation Scotland time series analysis wine alcoholic beverage commercial phenomena consumer attitude drinking behavior economics epidemiology United Kingdom Alcohol Drinking Alcoholic Beverages Commerce Consumer Behavior Humans Interrupted Time Series Analysis United Kingdom

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; .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 Scotland was associated with an increase in purchase price of 0.64p per gram of alcohol (95[%] confidence interval 0.54 to 0.75), a reduction in weekly purchases of 9.5 g of alcohol per adult per household (5