Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) Continuation and future pricing: Fairer Scotland Duty Assessment

Footnotes

1 Hazardous drinking is defined as a pattern of alcohol consumption which increases an individual’s risk of harm. This is generally indicated by alcohol consumption at a level of more than 14 units a week, but fewer than 35 units for women. For women, it is considered to be alcohol consumption at a level of more than 14 but less than 50 units a week.

2 Harmful drinking is defined as a pattern of alcohol consumption that is causing mental and/or physical harm to health. This is generally indicated by alcohol consumption at a level of 35 or more units per week for women, and 50 or more units per week for men.

3 The Alcohol (Minimum Price per Unit) (Scotland) Order 2018 (legislation.gov.uk)

4 Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 (legislation.gov.uk)

5 Monitoring and Evaluating Scotlands Alcohol Strategy (MESAS), 2022 (publichealthscotland.scot)

6 Alcohol-specific deaths 2022, Report (nrscotland.gov.uk)

7 Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk). This is the latest year for which comparable figures are available.

8 International comparisons - ScotPHO

9 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol consumption and harm in Scotland and England: An evidence summary (publichealthscotland.scot)

10 Alcohol-specific deaths 2022, Report (nrscotland.gov.uk)

11 Alcohol related hospital statistics - Scotland financial year 2021 to 2022 - Alcohol related hospital statistics - Publications - Public Health Scotland

12 Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: Final report (publichealthscotland.scot)

13 Scottish Health Survey 2022 Main Report Volume 1 (www.gov.scot)

14 6 Multpile Risks - Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 1: main report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

15 Probst, C. et al. (2014) Socioeconomic differences in alcohol-attributable mortality compared with all-cause mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International journal of Epidemiology. 43(4): 1314-1327.

16 Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: Final report (publichealthscotland.scot)

17 Evaluating the impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP) on alcohol-attributable deaths and hospital admissions in Scotland (publichealthscotland.scot), published 21 March 2023

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

19 Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: Final report (publichealthscotland.scot)

20 Harmful Drinking WP1 to 3 DRAFT Report_for EAG review Dec 2021 (publichealthscotland.scot)

21 The report was laid before Parliament on 20 September 2023 and is available here- Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 - operation and effect 2018 to 2023: report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

22 New modelling of alcohol harms in Scotland - SARG (sarg-sheffield.ac.uk)

23 No place for cheap alcohol: the potential value of minimum pricing for protecting lives (who.int)

24 Alcohol - minimum unit pricing - continuation and future pricing: interim business and regulatory impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

25 No place for cheap alcohol: the potential value of minimum pricing for protecting lives (who.int)

26 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol consumption and harm in Scotland and England: An evidence summary (publichealthscotland.scot) p. 38

27 Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk

28 Changes in Alcohol-Specific Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 14 European Countries | SUCHT (hogrefe.com)

29 Alcohol-Related Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic - PMC (nih.gov)

30 The Daily — Provisional death counts and excess mortality, January 2020 to October 2022 (statcan.gc.ca)

31 Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk

32 Inflation and cost of living for household groups, UK - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

33 Inflation and cost of living for household groups, UK - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

34 Inflation and cost of living for household groups, UK - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

35 Alcohol - minimum unit pricing: public attitudes research - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)