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This study found that implementation of minimum unit pricing at 50p per unit was unproblematic with no evidence of beneficial or harmful impacts on the outcomes evaluated.

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Vivian So 1,2, Andrew D Millard 1, S Vittal Katikireddi 1,3, Ross Forsyth 1, Sarah Allstaff 4, Paolo Deluca 5, Colin Drummond 5, Allison Ford 6, Douglas Eadie 6, Niamh Fitzgerald 6,7, Lesley Graham 3, Shona Hilton 1, Anne Ludbrook 8, Gerry McCartney 3, Oarabile Molaodi 1, Michele Open 9, Chris Patterson 1, Samantha Perry 10, Thomas Phillips 5,11, Gabriel Schembri 12, Martine Stead 6, Janet Wilson 13, Chris Yap 14, Lyndal Bond 15, Alastair H Leyland 1,*

1 MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
2 School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
3 Place and Wellbeing Directorate, Public Health Scotland, Glasgow, UK
4 Tayside Sexual and Reproductive Health Service, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK
5 National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
6 Institute for Social Marketing and Health, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
7 SPECTRUM Consortium, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
8 Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
9 NHS Lothian, Emergency Department, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
10 NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Emergency Department, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
11 Institute for Clinical and Applied Health Research (ICAHR), University of Hull, Hull, UK
12 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
13 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
14 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
15 Mitchell Institute, Victoria University, VIC, Australia
* Corresponding author Email: alastair.leyland@glasgow.ac.uk

Declared competing interests of authors: S Vittal Katikireddi is a member of the Public Health Research Funding Board (2016–present). In addition, S Vittal Katikireddi reports receiving funding from an NHS Research Scotland Senior Clinical Fellowship (SCAF/15/02) and is an honorary Consultant in Public Health at Public Health Scotland (formerly NHS Health Scotland). Paulo Deluca is supported by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at King’s College London (London, UK) and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (London, UK). Colin Drummond is part funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at King’s College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, the NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South London (now recommissioned as the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South London at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) and receives funding from a NIHR Senior Investigator award. During the conduct of this study, Niamh Fitzgerald received research grants from academic research funders (e.g. Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office, NIHR). In addition, Niamh Fitzgerald has received funding from Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (Edinburgh, UK) and NHS Health Scotland (now Public Health Scotland) and is involved in several other studies of the impact of minimum unit pricing. Lesley Graham and Gabriel Schembri are members of the Scottish Government-funded Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy evaluation. Anne Ludbrook was a member of the Public Health Research Funding Board (2011–15). Thomas Phillips is supported by the NIHR Clinical Research Network for Yorkshire and The Humber. Lyndal Bond was a member of the Public Health Research Funding Board (2011–13). Alastair H Leyland is a member of the NIHR Global Health Research Funding Board (2020–present) and served on the NIHR Public Health Research Funding Board (2009–15). Alastair H Leyland and S Vittal Katikireddi report grants from the Medical Research Council and the Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office.

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