TY - JOUR
T1 - Drinking and smoking as concurrent predictors of illicit drug use and positive drug attitudes in adolescents
AU - Best, D
AU - Rawaf, S
AU - Rowley, J
AU - Floyd, K
AU - Manning, V
AU - Strang, J
PY - 2000/11/10
Y1 - 2000/11/10
N2 - The study investigates the relationship between smoking and drinking, and the use of illicit drugs in a cohort of London adolescents. A high prevalence of drug experimentation and positive attitudes to illicit drug use were characteristic of those who both drank alcohol and smoked cigarettes on a regular basis. There was then a clear hierarchy in which lower prevalence of use and more negative attitudes marked those who only smoked, then those who only drank, while non-smokers and non-drinkers (the largest group) had lowest lifetime and recent drug use prevalence and the most negative attitudes about drug use. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
AB - The study investigates the relationship between smoking and drinking, and the use of illicit drugs in a cohort of London adolescents. A high prevalence of drug experimentation and positive attitudes to illicit drug use were characteristic of those who both drank alcohol and smoked cigarettes on a regular basis. There was then a clear hierarchy in which lower prevalence of use and more negative attitudes marked those who only smoked, then those who only drank, while non-smokers and non-drinkers (the largest group) had lowest lifetime and recent drug use prevalence and the most negative attitudes about drug use. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0376-8716(00)00113-7
DO - 10.1016/S0376-8716(00)00113-7
M3 - Article
SN - 1879-0046
VL - 60
SP - 319
EP - 321
JO - Drug and alcohol dependence
JF - Drug and alcohol dependence
IS - 3
ER -