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WHO warns about alcohol and e-cigarette use among young people
More than half of teenagers have experimented with alcohol and one in five have recently used e-cigarettes, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe warned today in a report on health behaviours.
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Alcohol is the most widely used substance among young people: 57% of 15-year-olds have experimented with it and 37% have consumed it in the past month, while one in 10 admits to having been drunk at least twice in their life, a percentage that goes from 5% at age 13 to an "alarming" 15% at age 15.
"These findings highlight how normalized and available alcohol is, showing the urgent need for better measures to protect children and young people from the harms caused" by this consumption, says WHO-Europe, which covers 57 countries, including Russia and several former Soviet republics.
The study highlights that e-cigarettes have overtaken conventional cigarettes in popularity: 32% of 15-year-olds have used them at some point and 20% have used them in the past 30 days, figures that drop to 25% and 15%, respectively, for conventional cigarettes.
This trend is particularly noticeable from the age of 13: while 11% have ever smoked and 5% have smoked in the past month, in the case of e-cigarettes the percentage increases to 16% and 9%, respectively.
WHO warns that this "transition" to e-cigarettes as the more popular choice requires specific actions, including their appearance in video games, entertainment programs and other content for young people through multimedia platforms.
The report also confirms that the gender gap in substance use has "rapidly" narrowed, with 15-year-old girls equaling or surpassing boys in tobacco, alcohol and e-cigarettes.
Cannabis use, however, shows a slight decrease: the percentage of 15-year-olds who have experimented with it has fallen from 14 to 12%, between 2018 and 2022.
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