Source : Schools survey

The Smoking, Drinking and Drug Misuse among Young People in 2000 survey was carried out by The National Centre for Social Research (NCSR) and the National Foundation for Educational Research among more than 4 700 pupils in 150 schools in Scotland, in the autumn of 2000, and focused on smoking, drinking and drug use. The Department of Health and the Scottish Executive commissioned the study.

This is the latest in a series of national surveys of secondary school children aged 12 to 15 in Scotland. The first survey in the series was carried out in 1982 to provide estimates of the proportion of pupils who smoked and to describe the smoking behaviour of those who did smoke. Similar surveys were carried out every two years (apart from in 1988), to monitor trends in the prevalence of cigarette smoking. Questions on alcohol consumption were included for the first time in the 1990 survey, and the 1998 survey was the first to include questions on the prevalence of drug use.

For further information contact: Richard Boreham

Drug Misuse In Scotland 2001
This is an ISD Scotland National Statistics release

For further information please contact: Elaine Parry