Tag: Alcoholism

More than 600,000 young adults picked up smoking during the first lockdown to help cope with the stress and boredom caused by restrictions, according to a new study that also found an increase in problem drinking.

New figures show that the most alcohol-specific deaths were recorded in Scotland in more than a decade in the past year of lockdowns. There were 1,190 in 2020, excluding deaths only partially attributed to alcohol.

Nearly one million people in England became addicted to alcohol as a result of Covid lockdowns, official data suggests.