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Scots drinkers face 'automatic' alcohol price increases under plan pushed by health experts

Scots drinkers face 'automatic' alcohol price increases under plan pushed by health experts
Minimum unit pricing could increase automatically without prior approval of MSPs under bold proposals to reduce deaths from alcohol.

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