Alcohol, e-cigarettes, cannabis: What can be done to curb substance use among teenagers?
More than half of 15-year-old teens have tried alcohol at least once and one in four has smoked a cigarette, new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows. Moreover, one in five has smoked an e-cigarette in the past 30 days, according to a survey of nearly 280,000 teenagers, both male and female in Europe, Central Asia and Canada. The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study (HBSC) is administered in schools every four years. “The widespread use of harmful substances among children in many countries across the European Region - and beyond - is a serious public health threat,” D...