The Next Round: What happens after you change your drinking?
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The Next Round: What happens after you change your drinking?
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This report reviews the evidence for and against the so-called gateway theory of alcohol-free drinks. The theory suggests that consumption of alcohol-free drinks may lead young people to drink alcohol. We found no studies with evidence for the gateway theory
This report reviews the evidence for and against the so-called gateway theory of alcohol-free drinks. The theory suggests that consumption of alcohol-free drinks may lead young people to drink alcohol. We found no studies with evidence for the gateway theory. But there are several that cast doubt on it, or even suggest the opposite: that alcohol is the gateway to alcohol-free drinks.
This is supported by the fact that youth alcohol use in the UK has fallen at a time when alcohol-free drinks have become mainstream. Alcohol is far more commonly the first drink young people encounter.
Alcohol-free drinks are primarily used by adults to reduce or replace their alcohol use. Restricting the availability of alcohol-free drinks is therefore not evidence-based policy.
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