盖洛普：Z世代喝得少了，但并非滴酒不沾

There is a very famous professor in the United States, and he said something on a program.

He said that young people should drink a little more alcohol.

Many people said this remark was irresponsible.

But this remark pointed out something that everyone is talking about.

Everyone is saying that this generation of young people no longer drinks alcohol.

A research company looked at the data from recent years.

Ten years ago, among people aged eighteen to twenty-nine, seventy-one percent had drunk alcohol in the previous week.

Now, this number is fifty-five percent.

In the past three years, people of this age have drunk less than people of other ages.

Katherine Keyes, a professor at Columbia University, studies this issue.

Keyes said: I don't think it dropped all at once.

She said that alcohol consumption is slowly decreasing, and people of many ages are drinking less.

People at the research company also said that the data is very clear: young people have changed.

But what has changed is the amount, not that they have completely given up alcohol.

Another way of drinking has also decreased, which is drinking five or more cups in a row at one time.

In a recent survey, twenty-four percent of people aged nineteen to thirty had done this.

Ten years ago, thirty-one percent of people did this.

However, other countries are different.

A company asked people in fifteen countries.

In these countries, young people who drink have instead increased a little in recent years.

So, saying that this generation doesn't drink alcohol is said too early.

Young people drink less for several reasons, and many people mention money first.

Twenty-six-year-old Susie lives in Washington, and she helps people organize events.

A cocktail is made by mixing several kinds of alcohol and drinks, and in Washington one cup costs sixteen to twenty dollars.

Susie said: I can use this money to do more useful things.

There is also a twenty-four-year-old young person living in Saratoga.

She said that after drinking, you can't drive, and taking a car home costs a lot of money.

Some people online say that this generation is too strict, just like the older generation.

She said that these words exaggerate the matter.

Twenty-three-year-old Tyler lives in Raleigh, and he cleans cars.

He said that now mobile phones are everywhere.

If a person gets drunk and does something silly, it will be filmed.

These videos stay online forever, and many people can see them.

He said: People don't want to drink outside until they don't know anything.

Another reason is health.

In 2025, health officials said that a certain thing should be clearly written on alcohol bottles.

Drinking alcohol may cause people to get a very serious disease called cancer.

Keyes said that young people have been drinking less for forty years already.

The difference is that after they grow up, they also don't drink more.

Drinking less does not mean there is no problem; Keyes said young people still drink quite a lot.