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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Zoe Wood and Nicola Davis

‘Skinny jabs’ are turning slimmers teetotal – and drinks companies are feeling the loss

Girl drinking at the Bricklayers Arms Shoreditch London.
Last orders: rise in the use of weight-loss drugs is having a significant effect on drinking. Photograph: Everynight Images/Alamy

‘My alcohol in­take has plummeted,” says Hannah. “Since taking Wegovy I hardly ever crave a drink when I get home. When I used to go out with friends, I was nearly always the last one standing; now I’m leaving two hours before closing.”

In her early 30s, the Londoner is among the rapidly growing number of people turning to weight loss injections such as Wegovy and Mounjaro. The results have been dramatic – she has shed four stone (25kg) in little over six months.

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