Drinking patterns, drinking-at-risk, and the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic in eight European countries
Our results confirm a downward trend in alcohol consumption in most European countries. The gender gap between male and female high-risk drinkers is narrowing or, in some cases, reversing. In 2022, compared with before the COVID-19 outbreak, the majority of respondents reported drinking the same amount of alcoholic beverages, whereas high-risk drinkers increased the frequency of their drinking.
Authors
- S Olivadoti
- Fabio Voller
- Martina Pacifici (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1547-8248)
- Allaman Allamani
- Rosa Maria Lamuela-Raventós (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1287-4560)
- Tom Decorte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9163-0750)
- E. Mellos
- David B. Gordon
- Andrzej Pajak
- Betsy Thom
- Christophe Moreau
- Ludwig Kraus
- Ramon Estruch
Institutions
- Eötvös Loránd University (HU)
- Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale del Piemonte (IT)
- Jagiellonian University (PL)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES)
- Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (ES)
- Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (ES)
- Regional Health (US)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Institute of Alcohol Studies (GB)
- Institute of Criminology (SI)
- Centre for Palaeogenetics (SE)
- Agenzia Regionale di Sanità della Toscana (IT)
- Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer (ES)
- Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network (CM)
- Middlesex University London (GB)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
- University of San Francisco (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alcohol and Alcoholism
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agag003
- Primary Topic
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00