Substance Use: A Youth19 report

This report highlights findings from the Youth19 Rangatahi Smart Survey (Youth19) about smoking, vaping, alcohol use, and use of marijuana and other drugs.

“Vaping at least weekly was more prevalent among students living in small towns (12%) than in urban areas (7%), and among older students. Similar differences were found for using e-cigarettes monthly or more often. In contrast to cigarette smoking, regular vaping (weekly or monthly) was more common in low, rather than high deprivation communities…”