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Table 1.

Tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use in French adolescents and young adults: the GAZEL Youth study (1999)

Males Females Males vs. Females
Age 12–15 yrs (n=141) 16–18 yrs (n=163) 19–21 yrs (n=142) 22–26 yrs (n=154) p-value 12–15 yrs (n=156) 16–18 yrs (n=183) 19–21 yrs (n=194) 22–26 yrs (n=200) p-value Age-adjusted OR (95% CI)
Tobacco
Lifetime tobacco use 21.9 49.7 62.0 52.0 <0.0001 31.4 54.6 59.8 58.5 <0.0001 0.82(0.65–1.02)
Regular tobacco use: >=1 cig/day in fie preceding 12 months 4.9 25.2 41.5 29.9 <0.0001 9.6 26.2 39.9 35.0 <0.0001 0.87(0.68–1.12)
Alcohol
Lifetime alcohol use 78.7 93.9 97.9 100 <0.0001 77.6 93.4 94.3 96.5 <0.0001 1.35(0.89–2.05)
Regular alcohol use: >=10 times in the preceding 30 days 2.1 6.7 28.9 29.8 <0.0001 1.3 4.4 9.8 15.6 <0.0001 2.01 (1.85–3.73)
Binge drinking1 in the preceding 15 days 5.7 17.2 38.0 40.3 <0.0001 2.6 15.3 17.5 18.0 <0.0001 2.29(1.71–3.05)
Drunk >= 1 time ever 7.8 42.3 71.1 76.0 <0.0001 12.2 36.6 52.6 65.5 <0.0001 1.46(1.15–1.87)
Drunk >=1 time in the preceding 30 days 2.9 11.0 26.1 20.1 <0.0001 1.3 6.0 11.9 11.5 0.0031 2.16(1.523.09)
Cannabis
Lifetime cannabis use N/A2 34.4 54.9 52.0 0.0004 N/A 32.2 42.8 35.0 0.086 1.52(1.18–1.95)
Regular cannabis use: >=10 times in the preceding 12 months N/A 14.1 23.9 14.9 0.044 N/A 9.3 10.9 7.0 0.41 2.15(1.48–3.12)
Very frequent cannabis use: >=10 times in the preceding 30 days N/A 6.7 11.3 7.1 0.29 N/A 3.9 3.1 3.5 0.93 2.52(1.45–4.40)
1 Binge drinking: >=5 alcoholic drinks in one sitting.
2 Only youths older than 15 were asked to report their cannabis and other drug use.
Addict Behav. 2008 January; 33(1): 122–33.
Published online 2007 September 8. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.09.009.