Table 2 Percentage of students classified as Experimenters , Frequent Use and Any Use according to the type of substance used in 1996. Any use of cigarettes refers to smoking more than one cigarette in the 12 months prior to the survey. Frequent use refers to smoking more than 10 cigarettes a day. Any use refers to alcohol use in the 12 months prior to the survey, ranging from less often than once a month to daily use of alcohol. Frequent alcohol use is defined as use more than once a month.
Frequent use refers to use more frequently than once a month.
Highlights Alcohol, tobacco and cannabis were the most popular used drugs in the four Atlantic provinces. The percentage of males and females reporting use of alcohol, tobacco and Cannabis was similar. The prevalence of smoking increased with age and was highest at age 19. More than half of the students who smoked reported that they had tried to quit during the 6 months prior to the survey. The use of cannabis, LSD and cocaine was higher in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick than in Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island.