Public health impacts of increasing the minimum unit price for alcohol in Scotland: A model-based appraisal

John Holmes; Damon Morris; Duncan Gillespie; Alan Brennan; Grace Leeming; Ryan Kai Le Chen; Luke Wilson; Colin Angus

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004792

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Public health impacts of increasing the minimum unit price for alcohol in Scotland: A model-based appraisal

John Holmes ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: john.holmes@sheffield.ac.uk

Affiliation Sheffield Addictions Research Group, Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9283-2151

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Damon Morris,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sheffield Addictions Research Group, Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6757-5333

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Duncan Gillespie,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sheffield Addictions Research Group, Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3450-5747

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Alan Brennan,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sheffield Addictions Research Group, Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Grace Leeming,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sheffield Addictions Research Group, Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4836-7840

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Ryan Kai Le Chen,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sheffield Addictions Research Group, Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Luke Wilson,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sheffield Addictions Research Group, Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5769-5729

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Colin Angus

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sheffield Addictions Research Group, Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0529-4135

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Public health impacts of increasing the minimum unit price for alcohol in Scotland: A model-based appraisal

John Holmes,
Damon Morris,
Duncan Gillespie,
Alan Brennan,
Grace Leeming,
Ryan Kai Le Chen,
Luke Wilson,
Colin Angus

Published: January 8, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004792

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