Nordic Alcohol and Drug Policy NetworkNov 143 min readAnxiety and binge drinking among youth remain prevalent – alcohol is increasingly purchased onlineYouth anxiety and binge drinking remain high; online alcohol purchases are rising, with more teens also receiving alcohol from parents.
Nordic Alcohol and Drug Policy NetworkNov 13 min readHigh-risk alcohol use is still common, although total consumption has decreasedAlthough the total consumption of alcohol in Finland has decreased from 2008, risky drinking is still common.
Lauri BeekmannAug 84 min readMore and more Finnish adolescents have never used alcohol, but e-cigarette and nicotine pouch use is commonDeclining trends in alcohol use, heavy drinking, daily smoking, and cannabis experimentation among Finnish ninth-graders from 1995 to 2024.
Lauri BeekmannJun 172 min readTotal alcohol consumption continued to decline in Finland in 2023 – significant regional differences in salesTotal alcohol consumption in Finland decreased by 2.4% in 2023, with retail sales dropping and on-premises consumption slightly increasing.
Lauri BeekmannMay 282 min readIn Finland, 89,000 minors have or have had a biological parent with a severe substance abuse problem89,000 Finnish minors have a biological parent with a severe substance abuse problem, affecting 8.7% of all minors, says a THL study.