Increasing prices of alcohol decreases consumption: study
The research, out of the Centre for Addictions, is based on 20 years of data from 1989 to 2010, and suggests that a 10 percent increase in the minimum price of an alcoholic beverage leads to a more than 16 percent decrease in its consumption compared to other beverages. Researchers argue that this, in turn, can have an impact on public health and safety.
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