The concerning increasing trend of alcohol beverage sales in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: There are some concerns regarding alcohol use behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The mixed findings of the first alcohol use studies during this pandemic may reflect the lack of differentiation between on-premise and home consumption. Most of the countries adopted severe restrictions on drinking place functioning. Alcohol retail store sales temporal data were used to examine alcohol sales changes in the United States (U.S.) throughout the COVID-19 pandemic as a proxy indicator of at-home drinking. Data were sourced from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey, which has provided U.S. representative estimates of sales at retail and food services stores since 1951. In the present study, we analyzed data from seasonally adjusted beer, wine, and liquor store (BWLS) sales from January 1992 to Sept

SUBMITTER: Castaldelli-Maia JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8421038 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature