Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS): Smoking Report 2015

Appendix B: Base Tables

Table B.1 Bases for Figure 2.3 Proportion of pupils who are regular smokers, by sex and age (1982-2015)

	All 13 year old boys	All 13 year old girls	All 15 year old boys	All 15 year old girls
1990	324	343	343	317
1992	386	351	295	334
1994	349	342	311	330
1996	317	305	318	276
1998	306	314	562	554
2000	625	582	593	570
2002	5948	6146	5145	5074
2004	1783	1686	1646	1689
2006	5797	5774	5599	5410
2008	2631	2683	2296	2329
2010	9610	9394	9016	8685
2013	8515	8545	8083	7970
2015	6459	6735	5687	5610

N.B. Base data for 1982, 1984, and 1986 was not available

Table B.2 Bases for Figure 2.5 Proportion of 15 year old regular smokers who have smoked for 6 months or more, by sex (1990-2015)

	15 year old boys who are regular smokers	15 year old girls who are regular smokers
1990	73	78
1992	53	101
1994	53	76
1996	88	77
1998	121	144
2000	90	144
2002	788	1215
2004	228	390
2006	651	930
2008	288	333
2010	1019	1196
2013	599	690
2015	314	297

Table B.3 Bases for Figure 2.6 Mean age at which 15 year old pupils who had ever smoked, first tried a cigarette (2008-2015)

	15 year old boys who have ever tried smoked
2008	1898
2010	6767
2013	6564
2015	3436

Table B.4 Bases for Figure 2.7 Trends in number of 15 year old regular smokers who say they would find it 'very difficult' or 'fairly difficult' to give up, by sex (1992-2015)

	15 year old boys who are regular smokers	15 year old girls who are regular smokers
1992	53	76
1994	89	77
1996	120	146
1998	92	145
2000	799	1226
2002	225	385
2004	660	942
2006	290	337
2008	1032	1209
2010	606	699
2013	53	101
2015	325	307

Table B.5 Bases for Figure 2.8 Trends in number of 15 year old regular smokers who say they would like to give up, by sex (1992-2015)

	15 year old boys who are regular smokers	15 year old girls who are regular smokers
1992	53	76
1994	89	77
1996	120	146
1998	92	145
2000	781	1206
2002	225	392
2004	660	939
2006	290	336
2008	1031	1208
2010	590	683
2013	53	101
2015	323	304

Table B.6 Bases for Figure 2.9 Trends in number of 15 year old regular smokers who have tried to give up, by sex (1992-2015)

	15 year old boys who are regular smokers	15 year old girls who are regular smokers
1992	53	76
1994	89	77
1996	66	89
1998	92	145
2000	804	1233
2002	227	389
2004	659	942
2006	288	336
2008	1031	1202
2010	592	685
2013	53	101
2015	321	307

Table B.7 Bases for Figure 3.3 Trends in 15 year old regular smokers getting cigarettes from shops (1990-2015)

	15 year old boys who are regular smokers	15 year old girls who are regular smokers
1990	99	100
1992	66	133
1994	71	111
1996	118	107
1998	156	207
2000	124	206
2002	844	1261
2004	332	561
2006	935	1333
2008	408	514
2010	1504	1836
2013	837	1124
2015	371	346

Table B.8 Figure 3.5 Perceived cost of cigarettes among 15 year olds, by smoking status (average estimate) (2010-2015)

	15 year old regular smokers	15 year old non-smokers
2010	1854	11018
2013	1325	13241
2015	755	9171

Table B.9 Bases for Figure 4.1 Trends in the proportion of pupils who think it's ok to try smoking, by age and gender (2006-2015)

	All 13 year old boys	All 13 year old girls	All 15 year old boys	All 15 year old girls
2006	5917	5900	5714	5491
2008	2655	2710	2310	2337
2010	9788	9532	9118	8746
2013	8703	8657	8203	8047
2015	6086	6484	5398	5461

Table B.10 Figure 5.3 Exposure to smoke at home, by age (2013-2015)

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
2013	17217	16168
2015	13208	11493

Table B.11 Figure 5.4 Exposure to smoke in cars, by age (2013-2015)

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
2013	17175	16147
2015	13331	11534

Table B.12 Bases for Figure 5.6 Trends in proportion of pupils with at least one parent who smokes daily, by age (2002-2015)

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
2002	12440	10650
2004	3599	3463
2006	11906	11274
2008	5392	4671
2010	19371	17936
2013	17397	16288
2015	12882	11190

Table B.13 Bases for Figure 5.8 Trends in proportion of pupils with at least one sibling who smokes daily, by age (2002-2015)

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
2002	9427	8212
2004	2505	2657
2006	8556	8716
2008	3923	3762
2010	14537	14181
2013	13926	13181
2015	12587	10977

Table B.14 Bases for Figure 5.10 Trends in the proportion of pupils who say that more than half their friends smoke, by age (2002-2015)

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
2002	12339	10609
2004	3550	3426
2006	11704	11106
2008	5168	4538
2010	18971	17680
2013	17121	16105
2015	13607	11697

Table B.15: Bases for Figure 7.1 Proportion of pupils who were regular, by family variables (2015)

Family status

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Single parent	2546	2444
Step parent	1004	971
Both parents	8580	7162

Maternal awareness

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Median and above	3849	4587
Below median	8386	6155

Paternal awareness

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Median and above	4452	5193
Below median	7179	4936

Family communication

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Likely to talk	11133	9018
Not likely to talk	1378	1896

Caring responsibilities

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Yes	1455	949
No	10868	9962

Table B.16: Bases for Figure 7.2 Proportion of pupils who were regular smokers, by friend variables (2015)

Number of friends

	13 year olds	15 year olds
0	190	261
1	417	426
2	1349	1452
3+	10068	8465

Age of friends

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Older	492	523
Younger	179	183
Same aged	8086	6938
Mixed	3279	2952

Number of evenings spent with friends

	13 year olds	15 year olds
None	1209	1098
1-2 evenings	3315	3352
3-4 evenings	3889	3564
5+ evenings	2339	1669

Own cash to spend per week

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Under £5	2848	1581
£5-20	6602	5157
Over £20	2705	3873

Table B.17: Proportion of 15 year olds who were regular smokers, by weekly activities (2015) - Percentages (Figure 7.3)

	Weekly	Less than weekly
Playing sport	5%	10%
Reading books	4%	8%
Hanging out in the street	8%	3%
Doing a hobby	4%	9%
Going to a gig or concert	11%	6%
Going to a friend's home	6%	2%

Table B.18: Proportion of 15 year olds who were regular smokers, by weekly activities (2015) - Bases (Figure 7.3)

	Weekly	Less than weekly
Reading books	3472	7163
Hanging out in the street	3621	6987
Doing a hobby	5513	5082
Going to a gig or concert	820	9772
Going to a friend's home	6969	3642

Table B.19: Bases for Figure 7.4 Proportion of pupils who were regular smokers, by school variables (2015)

How much do you like school at the moment?

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Like it a lot	2872	1537
Like it a little	5948	4959
Not very much	1901	2395
Not at all	1097	1589

Feeling pressured by schoolwork

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Never	1967	634
Sometimes	7188	4381
A lot of the time	2596	5427

Exclusion

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Has been excluded	1092	10546
Has not been excluded	231	3503

Truanting

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Not at all	7812	6025
4-10 times	2699	2579
1-3 times	725	998
More than 10 times	358	690

Post-school expectations

	13 year olds	15 year olds
University	7166	6085
FE college	1356	1649
Apprenticeship	315	860
Working	1225	881

Table B.20: Bases for Figure 7.5 Proportion of pupils who were regular smokers, by inequalities and geography variables (2015)

Self-rated health

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Good	11039	9043
Fair	1411	1720
Bad	212	336

Illness or disability

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Yes	1736	1889
No	10415	8742

Overall SDQ score

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Normal	8078	6485
Borderline	1546	1748
Abnormal	1479	1661

WEMWBS Score

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Below average	1370	1834
Average	7739	7227
Above average	1954	1151

SIMD

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
1-most deprived	2232	2012
2	2744	2408
3	2154	1714
4	3074	2639
5-least deprived	2534	2355