Alcohol use has declined for the first time since Covid-19, with Gen Zers and millennials leading the charge

USC Study Finds U.S. Alcohol Use Declining After Pandemic-Era Rise

Alcohol use among U.S. adults declined for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began but remains above pre-pandemic levels, according to a USC-led study published Monday. Researchers found that from 2022 to 2024, alcohol use declined by nearly 2%, while heavy drinking fell by more than 8%, according to the study published in Annals […]

Alcohol use has declined for the first time since Covid-19, with Gen Zers and millennials leading the charge

By Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — Nearly seven years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Brian P. Lee has seen signs that rates of alcohol use had finally begun to drop. Lee, a hepatologist and liver transplant specialist with Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles, hopes the data is true of the

U.S. alcohol use falls for first time since the COVID-19 pandemic but remains above pre-pandemic levels

Alcohol use among U.S. adults has fallen for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, though rates remain higher than pre-pandemic levels, according to a new Keck Medicine of USC study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.