Small rise in booze duty could cut British violence-related emergency visits by 6,000 a year

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-07/cu-sri071216.php

Public Release: 12-Jul-2016
Small rise in booze duty could cut violence-related emergency visits by 6,000 a year
Tax system reforms in England and Wales could be better than minimum unit pricing
Cardiff University

A small rise of 1% in alcohol prices could significantly reduce violence-related injuries in England and Wales, consequently reducing their burden on hard-pressed emergency departments, concludes a study by Cardiff University.

Published in the journal Injury Prevention, the study finds that violence-related emergency department (ED) attendance is greater when alcohol prices are lower and estimates that over 6,000 fewer violence-related ED attendances per year would result from a 1% rise above inflation on alcohol sold through drinking establishments and shops.

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