High-risk alcohol use is still common, although total consumption has decreased
Although the total consumption of alcohol in Finland has decreased from 2008, risky drinking is still common.
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Lauri Beekmann
Aug 84 min read
More and more Finnish adolescents have never used alcohol, but e-cigarette and nicotine pouch use is common
Declining trends in alcohol use, heavy drinking, daily smoking, and cannabis experimentation among Finnish ninth-graders from 1995 to 2024.
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Lauri Beekmann
Jun 172 min read
Total alcohol consumption continued to decline in Finland in 2023 – significant regional differences in sales
Total alcohol consumption in Finland decreased by 2.4% in 2023, with retail sales dropping and on-premises consumption slightly increasing.
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Lauri Beekmann
May 282 min read
In Finland, 89,000 minors have or have had a biological parent with a severe substance abuse problem
89,000 Finnish minors have a biological parent with a severe substance abuse problem, affecting 8.7% of all minors, says a THL study.
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