Adolescent gambling and drug use

✍ Scribed by Mark Griffiths; Ian Sutherland

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 74 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1052-9284
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1298(199811/12)8:6<423::aid-casp499>3.0.co;2-b

✦ Synopsis

In this study, 4516 adolescents (aged 11±16 years) completed a questionnaire examining the relationship between underage National Lottery gambling, underage scratchcard gambling, cigarette smoking, drinking alcohol and drug use. It was found that these behaviours were closely linked. Adolescent gamblers reported that they were signi®cantly more likely to drink alcohol ( particularly `alcopops'), smoke tobacco and take drugs compared to non-gamblers. # 1998 John Wiley &