Abstract
The study investigates the relationship between smoking and drinking, and the use of illicit drugs in a cohort of London adolescents. A high prevalence of drug experimentation and positive attitudes to illicit drug use were characteristic of those who both drank alcohol and smoked cigarettes on a regular basis. There was then a clear hierarchy in which lower prevalence of use and more negative attitudes marked those who only smoked, then those who only drank, while non-smokers and non-drinkers (the largest group) had lowest lifetime and recent drug use prevalence and the most negative attitudes about drug use. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 319-321 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Drug and Alcohol Dependence |
Volume | 60 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 Nov 2000 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Adolescent drug use
- Frequent drinking
- Frequent smoking
- Risk factors
- Substance use careers