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Drinking at harmful levels

Study description

This is a study comprising three work packages to assess the impact of MUP on those drinking at harmful levels in treatment services, in the community and in the general population.

Reporting

This Final report for this study was published in June 2022.

You can download the:

  • Evaluating the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland on people who are drinking at harmful levels (Final Report)
  • Evaluating the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland on people who are drinking at harmful levels (Technical Appendix to Final Report)
  • Evaluating the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland on people who are drinking at harmful levels (Briefing Paper)
Go to the final Drinking at harmful levels documents

Previously we have published:

  • Research protocol for this study
  • Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing among people who are alcohol dependent and accessing treatment services: Interim report: Structured interview data
  • Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing among people who are alcohol dependent and accessing treatment services: Technical appendix structured interview data
  • Interim report on the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing among people who are alcohol dependent and accessing treatment services (Briefing Paper)
Go to the Drinking at harmful levels study protocol
Go to the previously published Drinking at harmful levels study documents

The membership of the Evaluation Advisory Group for this study can be found on our Evaluation Advisory Group page.

Evaluation Advisory Groups (EAG)