Tobacco and alcohol use among Australian secondary school students (ASSAD)

Project Description

The study aims to obtain prevalence estimates of tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking among secondary schoolchildren throughout Australia at three-yearly intervals. Since 1996, to obtain prevalence estimates of secondary students' use of illicit substances and non-prescription pain killers. In 2008, the ninth survey in this series was conducted.

Contact:   Vicki White at cbrc@cancervic.org.au

Publications:  Tobacco and alcohol use among Australian secondary school students (ASSAD)

Year

Current survey - 2008

Researchers

Associate Professor Victoria White

Funding Body

Partially funded by CBRC, state health departments, state cancer councils and Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

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