title: Drinking and smoking as concurrent predictors of illicit drug use and positive drug attitudes in adolescents.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Addiction Centre, The Maudsley Hospital/Institute of Psychiatry, 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Best
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rawaf
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rowley
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Floyd
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Strang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001290:Attitude; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D008297:Male; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs