Britons' boozing skyrockets during lockdown: Study

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LONDON - Britons are increasingly drinking dangerous levels of alcohol since the start of the pandemic and will not return to drinking at levels before the global health crisis, official figures show

ed Monday .

The monthly YouGov survey of at least 1,700 people showed that 18 per cent of adults in England were drinking at increasing or higher risk in the three months to October 2021. Professor Julia Sinclair, chair of the addictions faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said the increased drinking was partly down to drinking at home where the activity could last many hours longer than in a pub.

 

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