This statistic displays the proportion of school children who have ever tried smoking, drinking alcohol or taking drugs in England in 2023, by age. In this year, six percent of eleven-year-olds had smoked cigarettes, compared to 22 percent of fifteen-year-olds who had smoked cigarettes.
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Health and Social Care Information Centre. (October 17, 2024). Proportion of school children who have ever smoked, drunk alcohol or taken drugs in England in 2023, by age [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 05, 2026, from /statistics/372184/children-who-have-smoked-drank-alcohol-or-taken-drugs-by-age-in-england-uk/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Proportion of school children who have ever smoked, drunk alcohol or taken drugs in England in 2023, by age." Chart. October 17, 2024. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 05, 2026. /statistics/372184/children-who-have-smoked-drank-alcohol-or-taken-drugs-by-age-in-england-uk/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. (2024). Proportion of school children who have ever smoked, drunk alcohol or taken drugs in England in 2023, by age. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 05, 2026. /statistics/372184/children-who-have-smoked-drank-alcohol-or-taken-drugs-by-age-in-england-uk/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Proportion of School Children Who Have Ever Smoked, Drunk Alcohol or Taken Drugs in England in 2023, by Age." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 17 Oct 2024, /statistics/372184/children-who-have-smoked-drank-alcohol-or-taken-drugs-by-age-in-england-uk/
Health and Social Care Information Centre, Proportion of school children who have ever smoked, drunk alcohol or taken drugs in England in 2023, by age ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/372184/children-who-have-smoked-drank-alcohol-or-taken-drugs-by-age-in-england-uk/ (last visited August 05, 2026)
Proportion of school children who have ever smoked, drunk alcohol or taken drugs in England in 2023, by age [Graph], Health and Social Care Information Centre, October 17, 2024. [Online]. Available: /statistics/372184/children-who-have-smoked-drank-alcohol-or-taken-drugs-by-age-in-england-uk/
