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More than a decade ago, we first posted on public health interventions proposed or implemented by the Scottish Government. A key focus area from those initiatives, alcohol mortality, has recently reported status, and the news does not seem encouraging. Despite the introduction of a minimum unit price (MUP) for alcohol in 2018, Scottish alcohol deaths reached a new high in 2024.
Habit (re)forming
Behavioural risk factors such as smoking and excessive alcohol consumption are significant drivers of mortality and morbidity.
Health experiments
One interesting aspect of Scottish devolution is the different path charted in health policy.