Reducing the Strength: a mixed methods evaluation of alcohol retailers’ willingness to voluntarily reduce the availability of low cost, high strength beers and ciders in two UK local authorities

Table 1 Availability of super-strength alcohol in the intervention areas (Pre- and Post-RtS)

	Number of off-licences in area	Super-strength available pre-intervention	Super-strength available post-intervention^a	Relative reduction^b
Islington	63	47 (74 %)	21 (33 %)	41 %
Camden	78	31 (39 %)	4 (5 %)	34 %
Total	141	78 (55 %)	25 (18 %)	37 %

^aVisits conducted between 3 and 6 months after initial retailer sign-up to RtS scheme
^bRelative reduction in the proportion of off-licences selling super-strength in each area

ISSN: 1471-2458