tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post2890208101078979273..comments2023-08-10T12:55:23.427+01:00Comments on SUBROSA: Scottish Parliament Committee To Hear Evidence on Alcoholsubrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-40048445889989560442010-03-23T12:06:59.051+00:002010-03-23T12:06:59.051+00:00I'm off to Tesco later to fill the wine racks ...I'm off to Tesco later to fill the wine racks Marvo. The health reason business is a bluff right enough.<br /><br />Later I'll do a more studied post on alcohol but this post was just to bring the committee meeting today to folk's attention. Time was short earlier today.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-57858758497178476732010-03-23T11:50:34.206+00:002010-03-23T11:50:34.206+00:00To be fair to the government (if only briefly you ...To be fair to the government (if only briefly you understand) in a <a href="http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page22645" rel="nofollow">response</a> to an e-petition they do say <br /><br /><i>"The aim of alcohol duty is to raise revenue and not to tackle harmful drinking."</i><br /><br />The surrounding calls for raising tax for 'health reasons' are just window dressing to make the decision more palatable to the public.manwiddicombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499331812704446499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-34433124147263693312010-03-23T11:22:25.386+00:002010-03-23T11:22:25.386+00:00Many thanks for that manwiddicombe. I can't s...Many thanks for that manwiddicombe. I can't seem to link to some .pdf's.<br /><br />There is not the slightest evidence that raising prices will help reduce drinking is there? When you read the Canadians intro it made me wonder why they're giving evidence - there's so little in favour of it other than making more money for the government.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-66536798214273377442010-03-23T11:18:14.193+00:002010-03-23T11:18:14.193+00:00The Murphy and Mackillop study can be downloaded h...The Murphy and Mackillop study can be downloaded <a href="http://psychology.uga.edu/ecpl/publications/pdf/Murphy%20&%20MacKillop%20-%202006%20-%20ECP.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a> (.pdf) and includes the following quote (p7) <br /><br /><i>There was, however, some <br />evidence that the consumption patterns of heavy drinkers <br />are less sensitive to increases in drink price.</i> <br /><br />If minimum pricing is intended to reduce the excessive alcohol consumption of the heaviest drinkers .. .. ..manwiddicombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499331812704446499noreply@blogger.com