Healthy Nudges
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The document discusses findings from a public health report on alcohol policies. It presents data on public support for raising the minimum legal age to purchase alcohol and tobacco to 21, setting a minimum price per unit of alcohol, and banning multi-buy discounts and special offers on alcohol in supermarkets. The level of support is broken down by political affiliation and age group.
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- 1. Healthy Nudges: When the Public Wants Change But the Politicians Don’t Know It Findings about alcohol from the Faculty of Public Health’s report http://bit.ly/bgAdPo
- 2. SHOULD WE RAISE THE MINIMUM AGE AT WHICH PEOPLE CAN BUY ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO FROM 18 TO 21?
- 4. By age group
- 5. SHOULD WE SET A MINIMUM PRICE FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS SOLD IN SUPERMARKETS BY SETTING A MINIMUM PRICE FOR EACH UNIT OF ALCOHOL?
- 8. SHOULD THERE BE A BAN ON SUPERMARKET OFFERS ON ALCOHOL SUCH AS ‘BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE’ AND ‘THREE FOR THE PRICE OF TWO?