Table 2.

Community shopkeepers' reasons for supporting or not supporting MUP

Support MUP		Not support MUP
Any business reasons	45		21
Affect supermarkets	32	Not affect Supermarkets	6
Level the playing field	17	Affect small retailer	5
Help small retailer	7	Help supermarkets	5
Not affect sales	3	Not affect sales	4
Other business reason	1	Harm profits	3
		Other business reason	3
Any community reasons	22		25
Help alcohol problems	8	Not help alcohol problems	12
Less drunken crime	5	Not reduce overall consumption	4
Affect under-ager drinkers	5	More theft crime	4
Reduce overall consumption	3	Affect responsible drinkers	3
Other community reason	4	Affect working class drinker	3
		Harm national economy	2
		Other community reason	1