Prospective correlates of drinking cessation: variation across the life‐course

Factors associated with ceasing alcohol use in US adults appear to differ over the life-course, reflecting age variation in both their prevalence and impact and supporting the importance of role transitions and health problems (the 'sick quitter' effect). The most consistent correlates of drinking cessation included factors reflecting ability/inability to give up potentially addictive substances and factors associated with perceived acceptability of drinking and subgroup-specific drinking contexts that might facilitate/impede continued drinking.