Thern E, et al. - In this nation-wide register-linked longitudinal population-based study carried out in Sweden, 16,490 people born between 1967 and 1978, who took part in the Labour Force Survey between the ages of 16–24 years during 1990–95 were recruited in order to examine whether exposure to unemployment in young adulthood was related to a heightened risk of succeeding alcohol-related morbidity. In comparison with full-time students, following adjusting for various significant individual and family level covariates, people who experienced short- and long-term unemployment spells at a young age were at a heightened risk of succeeding alcohol-related morbidity, < 3 months, 3–6 months and > 6 months of unemployment. Thus, this nationwide register-based study with a 22-year follow-up implies that being unemployed in young adulthood is connected to an enhanced risk of alcohol-related morbidity later in life.