Tobacco use among adolescents in Scotland: profile and trends
The report presents analysis of trends and associations for smoking amongst 13 and 15 year old pupils between 1990 and 2013. Smoking is at its lowest level since the survey began.
Footnotes
1. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/36/contents
2. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/90/contents/made
3. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/3/contents
4. http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2013/03/3766/0
5. http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/
6. Scottish Government (2015) Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS) Data Over Time - Stage 1: Feasibility Report - http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/05/3602.
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9. Scottish Government (2015) Scotland's People Annual Report from 2014 Scottish Household Survey - http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/08/3720
10. http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Public-Health/SALSUS/Latest-Report/
11. Information on the health risks associated with smoking can be found at http://www.ashscotland.org.uk/what-we-do/supply-information-about-tobacco-and-health/tobacco-and-health/
12. 13 year olds have seen little change, but the low number of smokers precludes meaningful analysis.
13. From 1990 to 2000 respondents were asked to complete a smoking diary; in 2004-2013 they were asked how many cigarettes they smoked each day of last week. From these, the number of cigarettes smoked each week by the child was calculated.
14. Scottish Government (2015) Scotland's People Annual Report from 2014 Scottish Household Survey - http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/08/3720
15. Medians and interquartile ranges were used due to the skewing effect of individuals who smoked more than 140 cigarettes a week.
16. Only questions asked for the entire time series were used in this analysis: vans, markets, internet and machine purchases were not included in the primary markets; buy from friends, someone else and the three categories about asking someone to buy cigarettes for them were excluded from the secondary market analysis. These variables are included in the full time series shown in Appendix A.3 and A.4.
17. See Appendix Tables B.3 and B.4 for full table of changes for each source in each year for 13 and 15 year old regular smokers.
18. 1994 to 2000 removed from analysis due to very small sample sizes.
19. The question 'How would your family feel if they knew you smoked?' was removed after 2008.
20. 2013 survey asked if respondents strongly or tended to agree/disagree, meaning the results are not directly comparable and could not be included in this time series.
21. The full time data for all 13 questions can be found in Appendix A.
22. 1994-1998 and from 2006-2010 are presented separately due to question changes.
23. The "other" grouping from 2008-2010 encompasses: both foster parents, single step parent, single foster parent, grandparents(s). In 2013 this was extend to include with a sibling and care home. Of these, children living in care homes are most likely to be regular smokers. However, the sample size is too low for meaningful statistical analysis of these separate categories.
24. Data for all years can be found in Appendix B.6.
25. See also Appendix B, Table B7 for full data for variation over time and Appendix A, Table A.8 for relevant bases.
26. Full crosstab tables with a full breakdown for each activity can be found in Appendix A.
27. Eilean Siar is 2006 to 2013. Renfrewshire is not shown due to low survey uptake in 2013 meaning the sample size is too small for meaningful analysis
28. Shown here is a bracketed version by size for ease of visualising the trends. This bracketing does not impact the results - there is still no clear evidence of a rural/urban divide in regular smoking
29. http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Public-Health/SALSUS/Latest-Report/
30. http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Public-Health/SALSUS/Latest-Report/
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36. For more information on SIMD, see http://simd.scotland.gov.uk/publication-2012/introduction-to-simd-2012/overview-of-the-simd/what-is-the-simd/
37. Scottish Government (2015) Scotland's People Annual Report from 2014 Scottish Household Survey - http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/08/3720
38. Figures on free school meals entitlement was based on pupil's survey responses and not official records. Official records show 41,744 pupils (15%) were registered for free meals in Scottish secondary schools in 2013. In SALSUS 2013, 12% said they were.
39. Going to theatres and concert halls are the only significant association not shown, as association is unusually strong and in opposite directions for each gender, meaning it is likely an artefact of the small sample size.
40. Details of the regression model are in Appendix C.
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45. The 2013 questionnaire and changes in the questionnaire changes for 2010-2013 are available at: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Public-Health/SALSUS/Latest-Report/
47. All bases are un-weighted and, unless otherwise stated, refer to 15 year old respondents.
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