Author NatCen Social Research and the National Foundation for Educational Research, edited by Elizabeth Fuller
Published by The Health and Social Care Information Centre, July 2015
SUMMARY
The emphasis of the 2014 survey was on smoking and drinking while still containing some information on drugs. For the first time it included questions on e-cigarettes, waterpipe tobacco smoking, legal highs and energy drinks. The questionnaire was completed by 6,173 pupils, mostly between the ages of 11 and 15, in secondary schools in England in the autumn term of 2014.
According to the research findings, fewer 11- to 15-year-olds tried smoking in 2014 than in any year since the survey began in 1982. Less than one in five 11- to 15-year-olds - 18 per cent - said they had smoked at least once, compared with 42 per cent in 1982. Three per cent of pupils reported they smoked at least one cigarette a week.
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