This statistic displays the proportion of school children who have ever tried smoking, drinking alcohol or taking drugs in England in 2023, by age. In this year, six percent of eleven-year-olds had smoked cigarettes, compared to 22 percent of fifteen-year-olds who had smoked cigarettes.
Proportion of school children who have ever smoked, drunk alcohol or taken drugs in England in 2023, by age
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Health and Social Care Information Centre. (October 17, 2024). Proportion of school children who have ever smoked, drunk alcohol or taken drugs in England in 2023, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/372184/children-who-have-smoked-drank-alcohol-or-taken-drugs-by-age-in-england-uk/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Proportion of school children who have ever smoked, drunk alcohol or taken drugs in England in 2023, by age." Chart. October 17, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/372184/children-who-have-smoked-drank-alcohol-or-taken-drugs-by-age-in-england-uk/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. (2024). Proportion of school children who have ever smoked, drunk alcohol or taken drugs in England in 2023, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/372184/children-who-have-smoked-drank-alcohol-or-taken-drugs-by-age-in-england-uk/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Proportion of School Children Who Have Ever Smoked, Drunk Alcohol or Taken Drugs in England in 2023, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/372184/children-who-have-smoked-drank-alcohol-or-taken-drugs-by-age-in-england-uk/
Health and Social Care Information Centre, Proportion of school children who have ever smoked, drunk alcohol or taken drugs in England in 2023, by age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/372184/children-who-have-smoked-drank-alcohol-or-taken-drugs-by-age-in-england-uk/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Proportion of school children who have ever smoked, drunk alcohol or taken drugs in England in 2023, by age [Graph], Health and Social Care Information Centre, October 17, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/372184/children-who-have-smoked-drank-alcohol-or-taken-drugs-by-age-in-england-uk/