date:Oct 12, 2018
Young British people are drinking less alcohol than a decade ago, with abstinence becoming mainstream among teenagers and young adults, a new study reveals.
Researchers found that 29% of 16- to 24-year olds were non-drinkers in 2015, up from 18% in 2005.
Half of people in that age group said they had not had a drink in the past week, compared to 35% a decade earlier, according to the study published Wednesday.
And while young people are still the most likely to binge drink, rates of binge dri