Children were more likely to drink with parents ... A new NHS Digital survey looking at drinking, smoking and drug taking among those aged 11 to 15 shows that generally this group of pupils ...

This is what I think people are getting wrong when it comes to kids and drinking: it would be easy to take a heavy-handed approach to tackling this problem but unfortunately, we know that ...

In a piece in The Conversation, UB PhD student Bernard Pereda says parental permission to sip or taste alcohol leads to more ...

Smoking, however, was slightly higher among ... “It is deeply concerning that children are drinking alcohol, taking drugs and vaping at such young ages. “Research tells us that young people ...

During this gathering, I witnessed these young men (under legal age) openly smoking marijuana in front ... not yet a teen, drinking alcohol. When it was brought to the attention of the parents ...

are also linked to helping kids feel empowered to make healthier decisions. Marsh said public health campaigns around not smoking, reducing drinking, safe sex and the fallout from the opioid ...

Fewer U.S. teenagers are drinking and smoking these days, but marijuana and vaping have gained in popularity -- particularly among kids with lots of unsupervised free time. Those are among the ...

And it's important that if parents do speak to their kids about drugs ... really impressive programs over the years targeting smoking and drinking specifically," they said.

They said: 'We find a reverse gradient in drinking alcohol, vaping and illegal drugs, which is to say higher levels of these activities among school children from more affluent families.' Smoking ...

The research found that girls in the UK were drinking, smoking and vaping more than boys, and that vaping had replaced smoking as a dangerous recreational activity for children. It also revealed ...