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Prices prompt heavy drinkers to cut down

Heavy and underage drinkers are most likely to reduce alcohol consumption if prices go up, according to a World Health Organisation report.

All drinkers cut down when minimum pricing or price increases are introduced but the impact is proportionately higher with problem drinkers, says the report Alcohol in the European Union.

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Source: Olivia Kelly, Irish Times, 28/03/2012

Posted by Andy on 03/28 at 08:51 AM in
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