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Distilled Spirits Sales Are Up and Under-Age Drinking Is Down

Well, here are two happy trends.

Forbes.com reports that the U.S. spirits industry is producing more and garnering more revenue. The upward trends have continued for a decade. (Read more at http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2016/06/15/what-is-the-state-of-the-u-s-distilled-spirits-market/#62d2e37a6f78)

Forbes Spirits Volume
Source: Treflis for Forbes.com

And a Centers for Disease Control survey shows teen drinking is down. (See full study and data at http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/results.htm)

Source: CDC.
Source: CDC.
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