New photo Number of young binge drinks falls dramatically as new generation swaps booze for online gaming, study reveals

YOUNG people are shunning binge drinking for online gaming, a new study reveals.

The number of those in their late teens and early 20s who binge drink once a week has dropped since the turn of the millennium.

Young people are binge drinking less than they did at the start of the millennium

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In 2002, well over a third of young people boozed to excess each week but now barely a quarter binge every week.

Boffins at Sheffield University believe the shift is down to “Generation Sensible” swapping the pub for online gaming.

Young people are also turning their backs on smoking and taking drugs.

The report – based on the Whitehall surveys – said children in 2016 were likely to have their first drink after their 12th birthday.

The shift is down to teens swapping boozing for online gaming

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In 2002, it was 11.6 years, the researchers say.

And just 44 per cent of teenagers under 15 had ever tried booze in 2016 compared to 61 per cent in 2002.

The researchers also said the share of people aged 18 to 24 who had used cannabis fell from 17 per cent in 2002 to 11 per cent in 2016.

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Those who had a cigarette dropped from 38 per cent in 2002 to 17 per cent in 2016.

Dr Melissa Oldham, lead author of the study from the university’s Alcohol Research Group, said: “It may be that increases in internet use and online gaming are changing the way young people spend their leisure time.”

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