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8.3 Usage: juveniles and young adults
The percentage of young smokers has dropped in recent years.
• According to the Dutch National School Survey, there was drop between 1996 and
2007 in the percentage of school-goers attending mainstream secondary schools
who had ever smoked (Figure 8.2). (Monshouwer et al., 2008). The percentage of
those who had smoked during the past month declined between 1996 and 2003 and
stabilised in 2007.
• Data from the Continuous Survey of Smoking Habits (COR) of STIVORO show that
the percentage of current smokers among those aged 10 to 19 remained stable from
1992 through 2002 (between 27% and 31%). In 2004 and 2005, the percentage of
current smokers in this age group dropped to 23%.This was followed by a further
decline of 21% in 2006. In 2008, the rates were 22 and 24 percent respectively
(STIVORO, 2008b).
• In 2009, 60% of young people aged 10 to 19 had never smoked. This is an improvement
of 10% on 1999, when 50% of this age group had never smoked (STIVORO,
Statistics Neterlands, 2009e).
Figure 8.2 Smoking among school-goers aged 12 to 18, from 1988
65
%
59
55
55
55
55
45
45
39
35
25
23
26
30
27
20
19
15
1988 1992 1996 1999 2003 2007
Ever
Current
Percentage of lifetime smokers (ever) and in the last month before the survey (current).
Source: Dutch National School Survey, Trimbos Institute.
180 Netherlands National Drug Monitor - NDM Annual Report 2009