Minimum alcohol pricing policies in practice: A critical examination of implementation in Canada

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Minimum alcohol pricing policies in practice: A critical examination of implementation in Canada

There is an interest globally in using Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) of alcohol to promote public health. Canada is the only country to have both implemented and evaluated some forms of minimum alcohol prices, albeit in ways that fall short of MUP. To inform these international debates, we describe the...

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Main Authors:	Thompson, K., Stockwell, Tim, Wettlaufer, A., Giesbrecht, N., Thomas, G.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2017
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53194

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