A minimum price per unit of alcohol: A focus group study to investigate public opinion concerning UK government proposals to introduce of new price controls to curb alcohol consumption.

Hagger, Martin; Lonsdale, A.; Hardcastle, S.

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Open access

Authors

Hagger, Martin

Lonsdale, A.

Hardcastle, S.

Date

2012

Type

Journal Article

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Lonsdale, Adam and Hardcastle, Sarah and Haggar, Martin. 2012. A minimum price per unit of alcohol: A focus group study to investigate public opinion concerning UK government proposals to introduce of new price controls to curb alcohol consumption.. BMC Public Health 12: 1023.

Source Title

BMC Public Health

ISSN

1471-2458

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This article is published under the Open Access publishing model and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Please refer to the licence to obtain terms for any further reuse or distribution of this work.

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38360

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Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

UK drinkers regularly consume alcohol in excess of guideline limits. One reason for this may be the high availability of low-cost alcoholic beverages. The introduction of a minimum price per unit of alcohol policy has been proposed as a means to reduce UK alcohol consumption. However, there is little in-depth research investigating public attitudes and beliefs regarding a minimum pricing policy. The aim of the present research was to investigate people's attitudes and beliefs toward the introduction of a minimum price per unit of alcohol policy and their views on how the policy could be made acceptable to the general public.