Citation

Ariza C, Nebot M, Villalbi JR, Diez E, Tomas Z, Valmayor S. Gac. Sanit. 2003; 17(3): 190-195.

Vernacular Title

Tendencias en el consumo de tabaco, alcohol y cannabis de los escolares de

Affiliation

Institut de Medicina i Salut, Agencia de Salut de Barcelona. Espana. cariza@imsb.bcn.es

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12841980

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To describe trends in tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis consumption among secondary school pupils in Barcelona between 1987 and 1999. METHODS: Cross-sectional surveys administered to representative samples of pupils in the second year of secondary school between 1987 and 1999. The questionnaires were anonymous and self-completed. We present data from 5013 secondary school pupils from Barcelona who participated in one of the five surveys. RESULTS: Regular smoking (daily and weekly) showed a uniform decrease between 1987 and 1996. The results of the last survey (1999) showed an increase over those the 1996 survey, ranging from 13.4% for regular smoking to 38.7% for experimental smoking. Between 1987 and 1999, the percentage of schoolchildren who reported drinking at least half a glass of alcohol at some time showed an overall decrease of 14.0%. No differences in sex were found in problematic alcohol consumption, while a higher proportion of girls (14.0%) than boys (10.5%) reported getting drunk at some time. Whereas in 1996, 6.9% of the population studied had smoked cannabis at some time, in 1999 this proportion was 7.3%, with no differences between sexes. CONCLUSIONS: During the study period regular smoking increased, alcohol consumption decreased and cannabis consumption tended to level-off. Differences between boys and girls tended to disappear.

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