Yaroslavl region is among the regions with high alcohol consumption

The Yaroslavl region is noticeably ahead of the average in the Central Federal District and Russia in terms of alcohol consumption in terms of pure ethanol. Such data at a meeting of the regional Duma Committee on health on October 14 presented the chief doctor of the Yaroslavl regional narcological hospital Alexander Volkov.

According to the expert, by September 2026, the average annual indicator per inhabitant of the region reached 9.12 liters of pure ethanol. For comparison, the average level in the CFD is 6.27 liters, and in the country - 7.47 liters. Volkov noted that the region is among the regions with the highest values of this indicator.

The meeting participants also discussed the situation in the neighboring Vologda region, which has stricter restrictions on the sale of alcohol. There the figure is 8.2 liters. Chairman of the Duma Committee Mikhail Osipov suggested that the statistics may affect the purchase of alcohol by residents of the neighboring region in the Yaroslavl region. According to him, a similar situation was observed in the Pervomaisky district, where buyers from the Vologda region come over the weekend.

Oleksandr Volkov noted that in the Yaroslavl region, the sale of alcohol is prohibited from 23:00 to 08:00, while in many other regions restrictions are longer. According to him, the ban on the sale of alcohol from 21:00 to 10:00 can be one of the effective measures to reduce consumption.