Smoking Drinking And Drug Use Among Young People In England

Download or read book Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Among Young People in England written by Great BritainDepartment of Health and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this survey was to monitor smoking, drinking and drug use amongst secondary school children aged between 11 and 15 years old. Data was obtained from 9,859 pupils in 321 schools throughout England during the autumn term of 2002. Findings include: on average 10 per cent were regular smokers, with this figure broken down to 23 per cent for 15 year olds compared with one per cent of 11 year olds. 11 per cent of girls were regular smokers compared with nine per cent of boys, although boys smoked slightly more. With regards to alcohol consumption, 24 per cent of pupils had alcohol in the previous week (the figure for boys at 25 per cent slightly higher than that for girls at 23 per cent) with higher levels amongst the older pupils surveyed. The proportion who reported taking drugs in the previous month was 11 per cent (compared to 12 per cent for the previous year). There was a slight decrease in the finding for girls (nine per cent for 2002 compared to 11 per cent in 2001) but there was no significant change for boys.