Almost like the problems fuelling alcoholism were never being able to buy a can from the shop at 10:30 and the availability of cheap drink
MUP is definitely working in changing the habits of younger drinkers. As the article shows it is older people who had access to cheap drink for a long time who are dying with the related illnesses. In 20 or so years the culture will be much different towards alcohol due to cost so this will flip in the long run.
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Almost like the problems fuelling alcoholism were never being able to buy a can from the shop at 10:30 and the availability of cheap drink
MUP is definitely working in changing the habits of younger drinkers. As the article shows it is older people who had access to cheap drink for a long time who are dying with the related illnesses. In 20 or so years the culture will be much different towards alcohol due to cost so this will flip in the long run.
Another day, another SNP-led failure
So what was the benefit of rising alcohol duty?