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1. alexandre_m · 1790644533 · focus · HN ↗

   > while young people are drinking less alcohol due to health and financial concerns

   My observation is that gen-z spends less time socializing in real life, and drinking remains a social habit for the most part at a younger age. While they drink less, cannabis, vaping and psychedelics are on the rise.

   It's a nice claim to say they are more responsible, but it tells an incomplete story.

   1. fzeindl · 1790658996 · focus · HN ↗

      > My observation is that gen-z spends less time socializing in real life…

      A barkeeper from a prestigious, world class cocktail bar around the corner told me that it really is more about health/alcohol.

      He had a group the other day of 20 young people and 18 of them ordered non-alcoholic drinks. He is desperate about his profession.

      1. Xirdus · 1790660599 · focus · HN ↗

         I and virtually everyone in my generation have been constantly lectured throughout almost entire education about the dangers of smoking and drinking. As a result, while we smoke and drink heavily, it's not even close to our parents. So it makes perfect sense that the next generation, who were not only lectured their whole life but also didn't grow up surrounded by people smoking everywhere and drinking all the time, overwhelmingly avoided picking up these habits at all.

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