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2007 PEI student drug survey : Highlights report 2007

12 Oct 2007

Christiane Poulin Professor and Canada Research Chair in Population Health and Addictions Department of Community Health and Epidemiology Dalhousie University The 2007 PEI Student Drug Survey is a collaborative initiative involving the PEI Department of Health, the PEI Department of Education, and Dalhousie University. [...] Alcohol is the drug of choice, with half of adolescent students reporting its use in the past year. [...] Rates of use in PEI climb from 3% of Grade 7 students to 37% of Grade 12 students. [...] The rates of sexual activity climb from 13% of Grade 9 students to 53% of Grade 12 students. [...] Page 4 PEI Student Drug Use C 13 years: average age of smoking the first whole cigarette C 12% of grade 12 students used a fake ID or lied about age in order to obtain cigarettes; this was less than 5% in younger grades C 53% of student smokers have tried to quit in the past 6 months similar rates for male (53%) and female (53%) students C quit attempts are highest among grade 10 students (63%), s
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Authors

Van Til, Linda D

Pages
23
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Canada

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