(1/11/2012)

By Andrew M. Seaman
Reuters
January 4, 2012

A new Canadian study suggests increasing the minimum price of beer, liquor and other alcoholic beverages may reduce how much people drink. Researchers used data from the Canadian province of British Columbia, where the government sets the minimum price for alcohol and keeps information on its sales. For every 10-percent price hike, they found people drank 3.4 percent less alcohol, and their consumption of particular drinks dropped even more.

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