article_snippet.sent: Health bosses are considering raising the legal age for buying alcohol to 21 to tackle binge drinking.
article_snippet.sent: : Health bosses are considering raising the legal age for buying alcohol to 21 to tackle binge drinking .
article_snippet.sent: If introduced introduced would mean the legal minimum age for buying alcohol would be higher in Scotland than it is in the rest of Britain, where it is 18.
article_snippet.sent: Last night Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, chairman of Alcohol Health Alliance UK, said Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, chairman of Alcohol Health Alliance UK would welcome the minimum age being set at 21.
article_snippet.sent: ‘If it was 21 now, I would not be calling for it was 21 now to be lowered.
article_snippet.sent: Given the fact that we are where we are, I think that politically it is quite difficult, when the age is 18 for so many other adult rites in our society.
article_snippet.sent: The proposal to raise the legal age is outlined in a report titled ‘Best Preventative Investments for Scotland –
article_snippet.sent: The proposal to raise the legal age says the idea to The proposal to raise the legal ageincrease the minimum legal drinking age to 21 would be highly cost-effective, as The proposal to raise the legal age would both improve people’s health without having to spend much money, and reduce demand on the NHS’.
article_snippet.sent: While the Government in Westminster has been reluctant to legislate to tackle the alcohol problem, the Government in Westminster has had far fewer reservations.
article_snippet.sent: the Government in Westminster has already agreed a 50p minimum unit price for alcohol, although the controversial move will not be implemented if the Scottish Whisky Association succeeds in an ongoing court battle to block the Scottish Whisky Association.
article_snippet.sent: the Government in Westminster has also banned ‘BOGOF’ (buy-one-get-one-free) deals and other offers encouraging bulk-buying of alcohol, and reduced the drink driving limit.
article_snippet.sent: A Department of Health spokesman in London said: ‘There are no plans to increase the legal age for buying alcohol.