Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People - Major studies
Consumer behaviour - Economics
Drug abuse, alcohol and smoking - Health
Youth - Social stratification and groupings
The Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People survey series began in 1982, under the name Smoking among Secondary Schoolchildren. The series initially aimed to provide national estimates of the proportion of secondary schoolchildren aged 11-15 who smoked, and to describe their smoking behaviour. Similar surveys were carried out every two years until 1998 to monitor trends in the prevalence of cigarette smoking. The survey then moved to an annual cycle, and questions on alcohol consumption and drug use were included. The name of the series was accordingly changed to Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young Teenagers to reflect this widened focus. Since 1998, surveys have been carried out annually, with a core section of questions included on smoking status and number of cigarettes smoked in the last week; drinking status and amount of alcohol drunk in the last week; and awareness and use of drugs. For the 2000 survey, the series title again changed, to Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People. The Department of Health commissioned the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to conduct the 2000 survey in England, and an equivalent survey was also conducted in Scotland. From 2005, the Information Centre for Health and Social Care (a newly-formed government special health authority) took over from the Department of Health as sponsors of the survey series.
In alternate survey years, beyond the core questions, the remainder of the questionnaire focuses on either smoking and drinking or on drug taking. The 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011 surveys focused mainly on drugs, and the 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010 surveys focused mainly on smoking and drinking. It should be noted that the UK Data Archive holds the survey only from 1988 onwards.
In some years, the surveys have been carried out in Scotland and Wales, as well as England, to provide separate national estimates for these countries. In 2002, following a review of Scotland's future information needs in relation to drug misuse among schoolchildren, a separate Scottish series, the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS - held at the Archive under SN 33354) was established by the Scottish Executive to replace the Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People series there, and to provide information in support of Scotland's new drugs strategy.
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Main Topics:
The 2006 survey focused mainly on smoking and drinking, as set by the focus pattern of the survey series.
Topics covered include smoking and smoking behaviour, family attitudes towards smoking, drinking and drinking behaviour, alcohol drunk in last week, methods of obtaining alcohol, 'binge' drinking, drug use, attitudes to smoking, drinking and drug use, and drug education. Classificatory, school and demographic information is also included in the data file. Some administrative variables have been removed in order to ensure respondent confidentiality is maintained (for example date of interview and day of date of birth).
Most schools also completed a policy questionnaire, which covered guidelines on adult (staff and visitors) smoking on school premises, disciplinary action for pupils found smoking, drinking or taking drugs on school premises, and policy for dealing with pupils not caught in the act of taking, but clearly under the influence of, drugs or alcohol at school.
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Goddard, E. (1989) Smoking among secondary school children in England in 1988, London: HMSO.
Lader, D. and Matheson, J. (1991) Smoking among secondary school children in 1990, London: HMSO.
Thomas, M., Holroyd, S. and Goddard, E. (1993) Smoking among secondary school children in 1992, London: HMSO.
Bolling, K. (1994) Smoking among secondary school children in England in 1993, London: HMSO.
Diamond, A. and Goddard, E. (1995) Smoking among secondary school children in England in 1994, London: HMSO.
Goddard, E. (1995) Teenage drinking in 1994, London: HMSO.
Jarvis, L. (1997) Smoking among secondary school children in 1996: England, London: Stationery Office.
Barton, J. and Jarvis, L. (1997) Smoking among secondary school children in 1996: Scotland, London: Stationery Office.
Goddard, E. (1997) Young teenagers and alcohol in 1996: volume 1: England, London: Stationery Office.
Goddard, E. (1997) Young teenagers and alcohol in 1996: volume 2: Scotland, London: Stationery Office.
Goddard, E. and Higgins, V. (1999) Smoking, drinking and drug use among young teenagers in 1998: volume 1: England, London: The Stationery Office.
Goddard, E. and Higgins, V. (1999) Smoking, drinking and drug use among young teenagers in 1998: volume 2: Scotland, London: The Stationery Office.
Goddard, E. and Higgins, V. (2000) Drug use, smoking and drinking among young teenagers in 1999, London: The Stationery Office.
Boreham, R. and Shaw, A. (eds.) (2001) Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2000, London: The Stationery Office.
Boreham, R. and Shaw, A. (eds.) (2001) Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2001, London: The Stationery Office.
Boreham, R. and McManus, S. (eds.) (2003) Smoking, drinking and drug use in England in 2002, London: The Stationery Office.
Boreham, R. and Blenkinsop, S. (2004) Drug use, smoking and drinking among young people in England in 2003, London: The Stationery Office.
Fuller, E. (ed.) (2004) Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2004, London: The Stationery Office.
Fuller. E. (ed.) (2006) Smoking, drinking and drug use among people in England in 2006, London: The Stationery Office.
Fuller. E. (ed.) (2007) Smoking, drinking and drug use among people in England in 2007, London: The Stationery Office.
Fuller. E. (ed.) (2008) Smoking, drinking and drug use among people in England in 2008, London: The Stationery Office.
Fuller. E. (ed.) (2010) Smoking, drinking and drug use among people in England in 2009, London: The Stationery Office.
Fuller. E. (ed.) (2011) Smoking, drinking and drug use among people in England in 2010, London: The Stationery Office.
Fuller. E. (ed.) (2012) Smoking, drinking and drug use among people in England in 2011, London: NatCen Social Research/Health and Social Care Information Centre. Included in the documentation and available online at http://www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/sdd11fullreport
Links to reports based on the survey series may be found on NatCen's Survey of Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England web page.
