The contribution of drinking culture at comprehensive school to heavy episodic drinking from adolescence to midlife

Background The school context is associated with adolescent alcohol use, but it is not clear whether this association continues into adulthood. This study examined whether exposure to drunkenness oriented drinking culture in 9th grade school class is associated with individuals’ heavy episodic drinking (HED) from adolescence to midlife. Methods Participants in the ‘Northern Swedish Cohort’ study aged 16 years in 1981 were followed-up when aged...