Minimum Unit Pricing
Reducing alcohol harm while protecting hospitality is possible, new research suggests
![mup](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16931129.jpg)
![mup](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16931129.jpg)
Letter of the Day 📨
![Are we too quick to affix derogatory labels to people like Viktor Orban?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18017383.jpg)
![Are we too quick to affix derogatory labels to people like Viktor Orban?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18017383.jpg)
![An EWS goods train speeds through Dalwhinnie station](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18008682.jpg)
![An EWS goods train speeds through Dalwhinnie station](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18008682.jpg)
![Gabriel Chytry as Abraham Lincoln and Madelaine Adam as Mary Todd Lincoln in Lincoln: Divided We Stand.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18004161.jpg)
![Gabriel Chytry as Abraham Lincoln and Madelaine Adam as Mary Todd Lincoln in Lincoln: Divided We Stand.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18004161.jpg)
![Should the number of outlets selling alcohol be limited?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17783319.jpg)
![Should the number of outlets selling alcohol be limited?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17783319.jpg)
![MSPs have backed Scottish Government plans to hike the minimum unit price charged for alcohol](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16931129.jpg)
![MSPs have backed Scottish Government plans to hike the minimum unit price charged for alcohol](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16931129.jpg)
LETTER OF THE DAY 📨
![Comedian Janey Godley and former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at an Aye Write event last year](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17976423.jpg)
![Comedian Janey Godley and former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at an Aye Write event last year](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17976423.jpg)
![An increase in the minimum price for alcohol has been approved by MSPs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16931129.jpg)
![An increase in the minimum price for alcohol has been approved by MSPs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16931129.jpg)
![Alcohol for sale in an Edinburgh off-licence](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16932726.jpg)
![Alcohol for sale in an Edinburgh off-licence](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16932726.jpg)
Exclusive
![Should Israel be banned from sporting and cultural events such as the Olympics?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17873150.jpg)
![Should Israel be banned from sporting and cultural events such as the Olympics?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17873150.jpg)
![Minimum Unit Pricing risks inflicting pain for only theoretical gains](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17822712.jpg)
![Minimum Unit Pricing risks inflicting pain for only theoretical gains](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17822712.jpg)
Scotland & Alcohol
![MUP is aimed at those who drink at hazardous levels, says Rebecca](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17177950.jpg)
![MUP is aimed at those who drink at hazardous levels, says Rebecca](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17177950.jpg)
DEBATE
![Weary consumers will shoulder the biggest weight from higher alcohol prices](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17736471.jpg)
![Weary consumers will shoulder the biggest weight from higher alcohol prices](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17736471.jpg)
![The Scottish Government announced a 30% rise in alcohol prices this week as part of efforts to tackle problem drinking.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17730435.jpg)
![The Scottish Government announced a 30% rise in alcohol prices this week as part of efforts to tackle problem drinking.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17730435.jpg)
![Michael Matheson resigned on Thursday, months after the iPad story broke](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17491626.jpg)
![Michael Matheson resigned on Thursday, months after the iPad story broke](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17491626.jpg)
![Minimum unit alcohol pricing](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15732788.jpg)
![Minimum unit alcohol pricing](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15732788.jpg)
Explained in five
![Nicola Sturgeon giving evidence before the UK Covid Inquiry last Wednesday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17713762.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon giving evidence before the UK Covid Inquiry last Wednesday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17713762.jpg)
![The Scottish Government has confirmed that the minimum unit price for alcohol will rise to 65P](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17727865.jpg)
![The Scottish Government has confirmed that the minimum unit price for alcohol will rise to 65P](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17727865.jpg)
![Minimum unit price for alcohol to rise to 65p](/resources/images/128x89/1x/7071391.jpg)
![Minimum unit price for alcohol to rise to 65p](/resources/images/180x180/1x/7071391.jpg)
![Alcohol Drinking – Stock](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16282091.jpg)
![Alcohol Drinking – Stock](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16282091.jpg)
Updated
![Cheap supermarket booze. Picture by Rui Vieira/PA](/resources/images/128x89/1x/7307926.jpg)
![Cheap supermarket booze. Picture by Rui Vieira/PA](/resources/images/180x180/1x/7307926.jpg)
![Minimum pricing would initially set alcohol at 50p per unit](/resources/images/128x89/1x/5703167.jpg)
![Minimum pricing would initially set alcohol at 50p per unit](/resources/images/180x180/1x/5703167.jpg)
![Should the MUP be raised?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/7071391.jpg)
![Should the MUP be raised?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/7071391.jpg)
![Scottish Government consider hiking minimum alcohol pricing](/resources/images/128x89/1x/7071391.jpg)
![Scottish Government consider hiking minimum alcohol pricing](/resources/images/180x180/1x/7071391.jpg)
Updated
![There were several interventions by civil servants before the publication of Public Health Scotland’s report on three years of Minimum Unit Pricing](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17163996.jpg)
![There were several interventions by civil servants before the publication of Public Health Scotland’s report on three years of Minimum Unit Pricing](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17163996.jpg)
Opinion
![The Scottish Government is consulting on raising the minimum unit price of alcohol to 80p](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16931129.jpg)
![The Scottish Government is consulting on raising the minimum unit price of alcohol to 80p](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16931129.jpg)
Letters
![mup](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16931129.jpg)
![mup](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16931129.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16683157.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16683157.jpg)
![Drinking is considered 'harmful' in women if it exceeds 35 units a week, or 50 in men](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16931994.jpg)
![Drinking is considered 'harmful' in women if it exceeds 35 units a week, or 50 in men](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16931994.jpg)
ANALYSIS
![Public Health Scotland has today published its final evaluation, more than five years after minimum unit pricing took effect in Scotland.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16931129.jpg)
![Public Health Scotland has today published its final evaluation, more than five years after minimum unit pricing took effect in Scotland.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16931129.jpg)
![Scotland's landmark legislation on minimum unit pricing is being emulated around the world, but how effective is it at cutting deaths from alcohol consumption?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16567458.jpg)
![Scotland's landmark legislation on minimum unit pricing is being emulated around the world, but how effective is it at cutting deaths from alcohol consumption?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16567458.jpg)
![How can the number of deaths from alcohol and alcoholic-specific mortality rates both climb after minimum unit pricing if the policy is said to be saving lives?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10432826.jpg)
![How can the number of deaths from alcohol and alcoholic-specific mortality rates both climb after minimum unit pricing if the policy is said to be saving lives?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10432826.jpg)
ANALYSIS
![The latest data showing the impact of minimum unit pricing (MUP) was published in a report on Tuesday by Public Health Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16182890.jpg)
![The latest data showing the impact of minimum unit pricing (MUP) was published in a report on Tuesday by Public Health Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16182890.jpg)
![Minimum unit pricing came into force on May 1 2018](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13861455.jpg)
![Minimum unit pricing came into force on May 1 2018](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13861455.jpg)
Loading...