title: Use of drugs, tobacco, alcohol and illicit substances in a French student population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate perceived health status and prevalence of drug use, tobacco smoking, consumption of alcohol and illicit substances in a student population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were obtained from an anonymous questionnaire distributed to first-year students of the Toulouse University. Collected data concerned socio-demographic characteristics, perceived health status, and consumption of tobacco, alcohol, illicit substances and drugs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty seven percent of the 3 561 responders declared to have taken at least one drug during the week preceding the questionnaire. Most commonly Anatomical, Therapeutic and Chemical (ATC) classes used were genito-urinary system and sex hormones (29.6%), nervous system (16.4%) and alimentary tract and metabolism (14.1%). Twenty three percent of students were smokers. Differences according to health perception were found for tobacco and cannabis consumption. Anxiety was significantly more prevalent among students reporting that they did not consume alcohol (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  More than half of students use drugs. Other consumptions (tobacco, alcohol and illicit substances) are related with perceived health status.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Medical and Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacoepidemiology, Inserm U1027, Toulouse University, Faculty of Medicine, Toulouse, France. agnes.sommet@univ-tlse3.fr
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sommet
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ferrières
authors.forename: Vidiane
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jaoul
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cadieux
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Soulat
authors.forename: Maryse
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lapeyre-Mestre
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Montastruc
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D008297:Male; D011153:Population; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs