Changes in Alcohol Use in Adults and Consequences During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S.

As stay-at-home orders began in some U.S. states as a strategy to mitigate the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Nielsen reported a 54% increase in national alcohol sales for the week ended March 21, 2020, compared to 1 year earlier; Online sales increased by 262% compared to 2019...