Ministers said it was vital to reduce the harm caused by alcohol in scotland.
Price floor alcohol scotland.
The goal of the mup a minimum unit pricing law was to reduce alcohol consumption.
The minimum per unit price across the country has been set at between approximately 1 48 and 1 72 according to the foundation for alcohol research and education.
Mup set a floor price of 50p per unit of alcohol and the legislation which introduced this requires its impact to be.
Minimum unit pricing set a floor price for a unit of alcohol currently 50 pence per unit.
This will save lives reduce hospital admissions and ultimately have positive impacts across the whole health system in scotland and for wider society.
The scotch whisky association has taken scotland s parliament to court because of a mup.
But legal challenges by the drinks industry delayed the policy s implementation.
The scotch whisky association argued that the plan.
The annual volume of pure alcohol in drinks sold in scotland was 9 9 litres per adult down about 3 from 10 2 litres in 2017.
We implemented a minimum price of 50 pence per unit of alcohol on 1 may 2018.
The scottish parliament voted for a price floor in 2012.
The volume of alcohol is 9 higher than in england and wales 9 1.
Scotland has become the first country globally to implement a minimum unit price for alcohol a decision aimed at saving hundreds of lives within five years.
Alcohol is not an ordinary commodity it is a drug and should be treated as such even a 40p floor would save lives.
A minimum price of 50 pence per unit has been introduced in scotland from 1st may 2018 but not in england where the government has chosen to introduce a ban on selling alcohol under a permitted price which means that a can of average strength lager cannot be sold for less than 41p and a standard.
The scottish government said the move would cut.
Where are we going.
To the impact of an alcohol price floor.
In 2012 86 members of scotland s parliament said yes to making drinking a bit more.