In the 1990s, Iceland had the highest underage drinking rate in Europe. Today, the drinking rates have dropped dramatically—the majority of Icelandic youth prefer to focus on extracurricular activities such as sports, dance, and music.

21-year-old Thorgeir Tryggvason promised his grandparents when he was around 16 that he would not drink until he was 20, the legal age in Iceland. He found it a promise easy to keep. "It is not 'cool' to drink in school like it was 20 years ago," Mr. Tryggvason, an avid soccer player, says. "You were a 'cool guy' if you did sports.’”

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