Luca Pietro on US Alcohol Consumption at Record Lows
Luca Pietro
US Alcohol Consumption at Record Lows
Claims and stances
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- 0:00 According to Gallup's annual consumption survey, only 54% of Americans reported drinking alcohol.
- 0:06 This is a record low number that we haven't seen in 50, 60, 70 years, all time, as a matter of fact.
- 0:14 This is a record low number.
- 0:15 It's been chugging down ever since 1981, where we reach record highs of 71% consumption across the United States.
- 0:23 And this is really attributed to a few things.
- 0:26 A lot of people want to say that alcohol is becoming out of style because different substances are becoming more of uh popular amongst different age groups, such as nicotine and recreational marijuana, which is now legal in uh about 25 states across the US.
- 0:40 So um, but as a matter of fact, that's not the case why this is happening.
- 0:44 Uh the number one reason for this decline in alcohol is people becoming more conscious uh for their health, uh especially individuals between that 18 to 30 range uh have reported that they're significantly more concerned about the negative health effects that come with drinking alcohol uh compared to prior to that.
- 1:03 Uh there's no true focus on that.
- 1:06 Only a small percentage of people who consumed alcohol uh really were worried about the the negative effects of it.
- 1:13 Um so we've seen that that number come down, uh especially since COVID-19.
- 1:18 Uh the number was around 62%, and that's due to people working from home uh having a lot more time on their hands, not having to go to the office the next day.
- 1:27 Um but ever since the pandemic we've seen that number slowly tick down, all the way down to 54%, and that is really attributed to this new wave coming across America, especially with the younger generations of more better for you alternatives, um not consuming alcohol due to all the scientific studies that that say it is not uh worth the health benefits associated with it.
- 1:48 So