This statistic displays the proportion of school children who have ever tried smoking, drinking alcohol or taking drugs in England in 2018, by age. In this year, four percent of eleven year olds had smoked cigarettes compared to 46 percent of fifteen year olds who had smoked cigarettes.
Share of attitudes to smoking, drinking alcohol or drug use in England in 2018, by age
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Health and Social Care Information Centre. (August 20, 2019). Share of attitudes to smoking, drinking alcohol or drug use in England in 2018, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/372196/attitudes-to-smoking-drinking-alcohol-or-drug-use-by-age-in-england-uk/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Share of attitudes to smoking, drinking alcohol or drug use in England in 2018, by age." Chart. August 20, 2019. Statista. Accessed October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/372196/attitudes-to-smoking-drinking-alcohol-or-drug-use-by-age-in-england-uk/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. (2019). Share of attitudes to smoking, drinking alcohol or drug use in England in 2018, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/372196/attitudes-to-smoking-drinking-alcohol-or-drug-use-by-age-in-england-uk/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Share of Attitudes to Smoking, Drinking Alcohol or Drug Use in England in 2018, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/372196/attitudes-to-smoking-drinking-alcohol-or-drug-use-by-age-in-england-uk/
Health and Social Care Information Centre, Share of attitudes to smoking, drinking alcohol or drug use in England in 2018, by age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/372196/attitudes-to-smoking-drinking-alcohol-or-drug-use-by-age-in-england-uk/ (last visited October 31, 2024)
Share of attitudes to smoking, drinking alcohol or drug use in England in 2018, by age [Graph], Health and Social Care Information Centre, August 20, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/372196/attitudes-to-smoking-drinking-alcohol-or-drug-use-by-age-in-england-uk/