Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Among Young People in England - 2016

19% of 11-15 year old pupils had ever smoked, 44% had ever drunk alcohol and 24% reported they had ever taken drugs. Latter finding compares to 15% in 2014- part of increase may be explained by addition of questions on nitrous oxide and new psychoactive substances.

Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news