We're heading towards Christmas party season and, let's face it, being the designated driver isn't always our number one task. Everyone around you is embracing the night and you can often find yourself sipping a soft drink.
But it turns out there's no better time to be a designated driver than 2022. The UK's largest study of drinking behaviour showed that in 2019, 16-to-25-year-olds were the most likely to be teetotal, with 26% not drinking, compared to the least likely generation (55-to-74-year-olds), 15% of whom didn’t drink.
And YouGov research now found one in three pub visits are alcohol-free. The researchers found 16% of alcohol-drinking Britons would not have an alcoholic drink if they were meeting someone socially at all, whilst three in 10 British drinkers (31%) would have alcohol only if the other person does.
