About the Authors

Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi

srinivasa.katikireddi@glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliations MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health and Policy, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Shona Hilton

Affiliation MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Chris Bonell

Affiliation Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Lyndal Bond

Affiliations MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Centre of Excellence in Intervention and Prevention Science, Melbourne, Australia

Competing Interests

SVK, SH and LB are involved in planning an evaluation of the effects of minimum unit pricing of alcohol in Scotland. The authors declare that they have no other conflicts of interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SVK SH LB. Performed the experiments: SVK. Analyzed the data: SVK SH CB LB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SVK. Wrote the paper: SVK SH CB LB.