The data was collected from across Europe, Central Asia, and Canada and collated to form the ‘Health Behaviour in School-aged Children International Report from the 2021/2022 Survey’ (HBSC). The report is based on data from nearly 280,000 adolescent boys and girls.
The WHO-commissioned report found that more than half of 15-year-olds in Europe had experimented with alcohol, while one in five had recently used e-cigarettes.
The study highlighted particular risks for older girls around vaping and alcohol use, emphasising the need for targeted prevention strategies.
Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, said, “The widespread use of harmful substances among children in many countries across the European Region – and beyond – is a serious public health threat.
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