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    Gen Z for zero tolerance: why British youth are turning off booze

    Jul 24, 2022 3 minutes

    It appears that young people are not drinking alcohol like they used to. And when I say “they”, I probably mean “we”. According to the alcohol education charity Drinkaware, after the surge of alcohol consumption during lockdown, there has been a general decline in drinking: older people are still most likely to drink, while those least likely to drink are aged 16 to 24, with 26% of that age group fully teetotal.

    This trend for British youth shunning alcohol has been bubbling away for some time, but more than a quarter of young people teetotal?

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