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Minimum unit pricing for alcohol: The most cost-effective cancer prevention strategy of all?

Minimum unit pricing for alcohol: The most cost-effective cancer prevention strategy of all?

Update: 2017-08-03

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Prof Stockwell speaks with ecancertv at NCRI 2016 about how alcohol-related cancer could be prevented through minimum unit pricing, similar to taxation of tobacco and sugary drinks.

A report has recently predicted 135,000 cancer cases related to alcohol in the UK over the next 20 years, and Prof Stockwell describes how minimum prices per unit of alcohol can help limit these risks in heavy drinkers, amidst other health benefits.

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Minimum unit pricing for alcohol: The most cost-effective cancer prevention strategy of all?

Minimum unit pricing for alcohol: The most cost-effective cancer prevention strategy of all?

Prof Tim Stockwell - University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada