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He added that public health experts favoured other measures such as minimum unit pricing.
Gavin Hewitt, the SWA's chief executive, said: "The Scotch whisky industry remains opposed to the principle of minimum unit pricing.
The UK already has relatively high levels of tax on alcohol but the last government backtracked on a plan to introduce minimum unit pricing.
"We agree that there is insufficient evidence to support the introduction of minimum unit pricing.
It is only 16 months since the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats joined forces in the Scottish Parliament to block the SNP's plans for minimum unit pricing.
But the decision was welcomed by the Wine and Spirits Trade Association, whose chief executive, Miles Beale, said: "We remain opposed to minimum unit pricing.
A spokeswoman said the first minister was chosen for the role due to her work on policies like minimum unit pricing.
Objective To evaluate the potential impact of two alcohol control policies under consideration in England: banning below cost selling of alcohol and minimum unit pricing.
The minimum unit pricing option is best to tackle boozing.
The government has recently put on hold plans to introduce minimum unit pricing".
It is not caught by minimum unit pricing because it's already above 50p.
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