By a Newsnet reporter
Scottish Labour has launched its proposals to tackle Scotland’s drink problem, the party still opposes the introduction of minimum alcohol pricing, and again proposes to introduce a cap on the amount of caffeine in alcoholic beverages.
The anti-caffeine measure featured in the Labour Party’s 2011 manifesto, when the party promised “to see action taken to limit the permitted levels of caffeine in pre-mixed alcoholic drinks”. The measure would effectively outlaw Buckfast Tonic wine, but would have no effect on cheap large bottles of cider or other alcoholic drinks.