Reducing smoking and alcohol use can significantly improve public health. THL scenarios show the impact of policies over the next decade.

Youth anxiety and binge drinking remain high; online alcohol purchases are rising, with more teens also receiving alcohol from parents.

Although the total consumption of alcohol in Finland has decreased from 2008, risky drinking is still common.

Declining trends in alcohol use, heavy drinking, daily smoking, and cannabis experimentation among Finnish ninth-graders from 1995 to 2024.

Total alcohol consumption in Finland decreased by 2.4% in 2023, with retail sales dropping and on-premises consumption slightly increasing.

89,000 Finnish minors have a biological parent with a severe substance abuse problem, affecting 8.7% of all minors, says a THL study.