Overview
- More than half of students drank alcohol in the past month (51%), yet intensive drinking (21.5%) and self‑reported drunkenness (17.4%) are at their lowest since 2000, with 90% saying alcohol is easy to obtain.
- Cigarette use continues to fall (21% in the past year; 3.5% daily), while e‑cigarette use remains high (24.5% used in the past month).
- Cannabis consumption drops to 16.2% in the past year, down from 39% in 2006; daily use of hypnotic‑sedatives eases from 2023 peaks but is higher among girls (6.4% vs 3.2%), with non‑prescription use at 2.9% vs 1%.
- Digital behaviors intensify: teens average 4.8 hours online on weekdays and 6.7 on weekends, 15.7% show problematic social‑media use, gaming is near‑universal (84.9%) with addiction indicators higher in boys (10.7% vs 2.2%), and pornography viewing declines to 35.8% with a wide gender gap (56.4% boys; 15.1% girls).
- Gambling participation rises despite age limits: 17% took part in in‑person betting in the last year and 12% tried online gambling, with problematic play at 5.3% overall and 9.4% among boys.