BBC News - Scottish minimum alcohol pricing passed by parliament - 1 views
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Scottish minimum alcohol pricing passed by parliament
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Arla Takala on 07 Jun 12Microeconomics - Minimum price on alcohol in Scotland
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minimum drink pricing
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Under the plans, the cheapest bottle of wine would be £4.69 and a four-pack of lager would cost at least £3.52.
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Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said that, as drink had become cheaper, alcohol-related hospital admissions had quadrupled and half of prisoners said they were drunk when they committed offences.
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alcohol
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Labour said minimum pricing could generate profits of more than £125m for alcohol retailers
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A study into a 50p minimum alcohol price by Sheffield University said the policy would see a 5.5% cut in drinking - with harmful drinkers' consumption falling by more than 10%, compared with a 2.5% fall for moderate drinkers.
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