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Brooks-Russell A, Conway KP, Liu D, Xie Y, Vullo GC, Li K, Iannotti RJ, Compton W, Simons-Morton B (2015) Dynamic patterns of adolescent substance use: results from a nationally representative sample of high school students

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Because MUP specifically targets the cheap, high-strength alcohol sold in the off-trade (see, for example, previous UK-based modelling of MUP policies for Scotland and Wales), it is likely to deliver a double dividend: improving population health while simultaneously stimulating economic activity as consumers shift their spending from relatively low-value off-trade alcohol to higher-value sectors