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The French results on alcohol variables and tobacco use are rather close to the ESPAD average. Four out of five students had been drinking alcohol during the past 12 months and 36 percent had been drunk during this period. The volume consumed on the latest drinking day (3.6 cl alc. 100%) is somewhat lower than average. About one-third of the students (30%) had smoked cigarettes during the past 30 days. Use of cannabis, however, is clearly more prevalent in France than in the average ESPAD country, and so is the use of drugs other than cannabis. Almost one-third (31%) of the students had used cannabis and 11 percent had used other drugs. Use of inhalants was reported by 12 percent, which is close to the average, while 15 percent of the students had used tranquillisers or sedatives without a doctor’s prescription, which is more than twice the ESPAD average. Use of alcohol in combination with pills was as common in France (6%) as the ESPAD average. |
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