ReviewJournal of the Royal Society of New Zealand2022
Long-term trends in adolescent alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use and emerging substance use issues in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Review in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Caution is needed when interpreting interrupted time series findings on vaping and smoking.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Article
- Trends in Indicators of Violence Among Adolescents in Europe and North America 1994-2022.International journal of public health · 2025Article
- Understanding More about Vaping among Asian Adolescents Aged 14-15 Years Old in New Zealand: The ASH Year 10 Snapshot Survey Analysis (2014-2022).Tobacco use insights · 2025Article
- Understanding DOHaD Concepts Among New Zealand Adolescents: A Qualitative Exploration of Knowledge, Intervention Windows, and Information Accessibility.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- A Scoping Review of Vaping Among the Asian Adolescent Population.Asia-Pacific journal of public health · 2024Article
- Prevalence of probable substance use disorders among children in Ugandan health facilities.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The New Zealand drug harms ranking study: A multi-criteria decision analysis.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- Racism in Health Services for Adolescents: A Scoping Review.International journal of social determinants of health and health services · 2023Article
- The current and future state of child health and wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand: part 1.Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand · 2022Article
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Abstract
This narrative review summarises the latest evidence on the causes and consequences of substance use in adolescence and describes long-term trends in adolescent alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use in Aotearoa. Adolescence is a time of rapid brain development when young people are uniquely vulnerable to the risks of substance use. It is a major cause of health and social harm in this age group and can affect adult outcomes and the health of the next generation. Therefore, substance use trends are central to understanding the current and future state of child and youth wellbeing in Aotearoa. Adolescent use of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis peaked in the late 1990s/early 2000s, then declined rapidly, and prevalence is now much lower than 20 years ago. However, levels of adolescent binge drinking remain high by international standards and disparities in tobacco and cannabis use by ethnicity and socioeconomic status are wide. Evidence suggests we may again be at a turning point, with-long term declines stalling or reversing in the past 2-5 years, and vaping emerging as a new risk. Greater investment in primary prevention is indicated, including restrictions on alcohol marketing and availability, and alleviation of poverty, racism and marginalisation.
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