date:Jul 25, 2018
r unit comprises of 72% of beer sales in Welsh shops and supermarkets, 78% of cider sales, 42% of wine sales and 66% of the spirits, BBC stated.
Drinks with 1.2% of ABV, along with aromatic flavouring essence do not come under this law.
Health Secretary Vaughan Gething said last year alone, there were over 500 alcohol-related deaths and nearly 55,000 alcohol-related hospital admissions in Wales, with the direct health care costs attributable to alcohol amounting to an estimated 159m.
Gething