Question: is alcohol consumption increasing in uk?
Answer: In England in 2018, 82% of adults drank alcohol in the past 12 months, with 49% of adults drinking at least once a week [35]. In 2017 in Great Britain, an estimated 29.2 million adults drank alcohol in the week before being surveyed, 57% of the population. Around 10% drank on five or more days in the previous week [2].