Nearly one in four adults avoiding booze, NHS survey shows

hand refusing alcohol

Across all age cohorts, some 24% of adults surveyed said they had not drunk alcohol in the previous year

A growing number of UK adults are actively avoiding alcohol, but pensioners are twice as likely to be heavy drinkers than those in their twenties, according to new NHS figures.

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