Risky Alcohol Consumption Can Increase at Time of Retirement
Press Release of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and the University of Turku, Finland, on 30 March 2017 Every tenth employee increases their alcohol consumption to risky levels at the time of retirement from full-time employment. However, the increase seems to be temporary as risky drinking often decreases during the retirement. For most pensioners, alcohol consumption remains below the risk levels before and after retirement. The results of the new Finnish study were published in the esteemed Addiction journal.Of retiring employees, 12 percent increased their risky drinking