date:Dec 03, 2012
wo key groups. The two groups we really want to get to young people beginning to buy alcohol and buying it in large quantities and the heaviest drinkers are equally affected; they will reduce the amount they drink.
They still drink in harmful levels but less harmful amounts, she said.
Beale said a 50p minimum unit price would impact two-thirds of the alcohol products you see on supermarket shelves. A bottle of wine now priced at 3.69 would rise to 4.88 a 32% increase.
Problem drinkers were