NHS Shetland’s alcohol and drug development officer says the conclusions of a new report on the impact of minimum unit pricing (MUP) are “encouraging” - but she added that it is difficult to say how the initiative has affected local people. Wendy McConnachie said it was.
New research suggests 156 deaths per year on average in Scotland may have been prevented due to the minimum unit pricing policy, which hiked the price of the cheapest, strongest booze.