WHO: Use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among youth ‘alarming’

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COPENHAGEN, April 25 — The widespread use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among adolescents is “alarming”, according to a report released on Thursday by the World Health...

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“The long-term consequences of these trends are significant, and policy-makers cannot afford to ignore these alarming findings,” the health body said. But by age 15, girls had overtaken boys, with 38 per cent of girls saying they had drunk at least once in the last 30 days, while only 36 per cent of boys had.“These findings highlight how available and normalised alcohol is, showing the urgent need for better policy measures to protect children and young people from harms caused by alcohol,” said WHO Europe — which gathers 53 countries including several in Central Asia.

While smoking is declining, with 13 per cent of 11-15-year-olds having smoked in 2022, two percentage points less than four years earlier, the report noted that many of them have instead adopted e-cigarettes — which have overtaken cigarettes among adolescents.

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