Age- and gender-specific norms for alcohol consumption were derived from a previous study [ 27] which assessed frequency of risky single occasion drinking, alcohol volume, and the maximum number of drinks consumed on a single occasion among 973 vocational and upper secondary school students in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
For 25 to 34-year-olds, this amounted to an additional 18 units of alcohol per week – the equivalent of six pints of beer – due to special occasion drinking.
Drinkers in England may be consuming the equivalent of 12 million more bottles of wine every week than previously thought, according to new research which asked people to record their "special occasion" drinking as well as their regular intake.
Alcohol consumption in particular drinking volume (DV) and risky single occasion drinking (RSOD)—has been related to a wide range of negative consequences and health problems.
Cigarette smoking history, alcohol drinking frequency and risky single occasion drinking (RSOD).
Having an LLI in past waves was associated with a reduction to special occasion drinking at age 42, but no such association existed with past LLI and a reduction to special occasion drinking at age 50.
Similar associations were found between developing an LLI and reducing consumption to special occasion drinking, at age 42 and 50.
Those who had ceased consumption or reduced to special occasion drinking had a higher proportion with no qualifications than persistent drinkers at each time point.
There was no significant association with previously having an LLI and persistent drinkers who reduced to special occasion drinking or ceased consumption at age 50.
Poor psychosocial health had independent associations with ceasing consumption at ages 42 and 50 and reducing to special occasion drinking at age 50 (results not presented).
We compared persistent drinkers with those who reduced to special occasion drinking or who had ceased consumption at age 33, 42, and 50.
