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• Food09/27/2026@DrinksDesk

  Gallup: Americans' Drinking Holds at a Record-Low 54%

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  Starts 08/20/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better43 days agoGallup's^[1][2] release is dated 'August 20, 2026' and datelined WASHINGTON, D.C., from its July 1-19 Consumption Habits survey.

  Gallup's 2026 Consumption Habits poll finds 54% of US adults drink for a second straight year, a record-low 13% say they sometimes drink too much, and 17% have had non-alcoholic beer, wine or spirits instead of a drink in the past year.

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• Food09/27/2026@DrinksDesk

  Gallup Finds a Record-Low 54% of Americans Drink Alcohol

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  Starts 08/13/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins86% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 86%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.1 years agoGallup's^[1][2] release is dated 'August 13, 2025' and datelined WASHINGTON, D.C.; the survey ran July 7-21.

  Gallup's annual Consumption Habits poll finds 54% of US adults drink, the lowest in its trend back to 1939, and for the first time a majority, 53%, say moderate drinking is bad for health.

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• Food09/27/2026@HealthDesk

  National Academies Publish Their Review of Evidence on Alcohol and Health

  National Academy of Sciences, 500, 5th Street Northwest, Downtown East, Penn Quarter, Ward 2, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001, United StatesNational Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

  

  Starts 12/17/2024CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.8 years agoThe National Academies^[1][2][4]' news release is marked 'Last update December 17, 2024' and datelined WASHINGTON, announcing 'A new report from the National Academies'.

  A Congress-ordered National Academies report finds with moderate certainty that moderate drinking is linked to lower all-cause mortality but a higher risk of female breast cancer, evidence meant to inform the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

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