My kids tell me that many kids go directly to vaping.
As a small aside, personally I have less problems with being near an actual smoker than someone vaping crap that smells like popcorn overdose.
Key figures:
How many teens say they have ever used tobacco:
2000: 54%
2021: 21.1%
How many teens say they have ever used alcohol:
2000: 86.5%
2021: 53.5%
How many teens say they use alcohol weekly:
2000: 29%
2021: 14.3%
How many teens say they have ever used cannabis:
2000: 23.4%
2021: 9.6%
edit: pandemic had a noticeable effect, but trends were ongoing the entire 2000-2019 period
The VAD (Flemish Expertise centre for Alcohol and Drugs) is very happy about these evolutions, stating that use of any of these substances has to be minimised. Their concern lies in the increased popularity of vaping and a recent increase in the number of young people who drink weekly. They also note the increase in prescription drug use, like sleeping aids and tranquilizers, which increased to 16%.
My 4.3 cents(inflation adjusted):
I can’t help but wonder if this is less about health choices and more about a kids just being less sociable, a generation that prefers social media over partying. The biophysical effects of loneliness are a hell of a lot worse than going out once a week.
> Wel baren de cijfers rond het gebruik van slaap- en kalmeermiddelen het VAD wat zorgen. In het 2021-2022 steeg dat naar 16 procent. “Dat is verontrustend, omdat dat cijfer al jaren stijgt en vooral bij meisjes echt wel hoog ligt. Meer dan 1 op 5 meisjes hebben ooit **voorschriftplichtige** slaap- en kalmeermiddelen genomen. Dat is vrij hoog.”
Shouldn’t we be looking at doctors subscribing these in the first place then?
Anyway, imagine starting smoking in current year. These youngsters must be millionaires or very stupid, or both.
Helaas in werkelijkheid nog nooit zo veel weed rokers gezien rond de stations… cijfers zeggen niet alles
Ik vraag me af wie die vragen steeds beantwoord, heel mijn leven nog nooit een bevraging over iets gekregen…
Als het is zoals vroeger dan haalt men de cijfers uit bevragingen in de school en ja dan weet je ook hoe de antwoorden zijn 😂
Good good. More for me.
DMT is erg goed
“Maar daalt het tabaksgebruik wel snel genoeg?”
Jah, verbiedt dan ineens roken zoals de andere drugs en dit probleem zal zichzelf oplossen. Ik blijf het toch vreemd vinden dat de overheid aan de ene kant de accijnzen wilt blijven innen en aan de andere kant geld blijft uitgeven aan werkgroepen en andere zaken om rookgedrag bij de mensen te verminderen. Is weer zo’n typisch Belgisch voorbeeld van weten wat moreel het correct gedrag is, maar ergens het geld willen blijven innen.
Ach ja, zolang ze meer verdienen zeker? Ik vraag me af wat er gaat gebeuren als ze meer uitgeven dan verdienen aan roken.
I’m not a teenager, but under 25. I’ve barely drank at all over the last few months.
I honestly just don’t go out as much as i used to and don’t participate in social activities as much as i think I should. I’m not sure the fact that i don’t drink is actually a sign of good health. It’s philologically better, sure, but it’s (for me) directly correlated with bad social health.
i’d be curious if the same thing applies at an agrigated level, as a lot of other studies have show “kids these days” are generally more digitally social and less IRL social.
As for Tabacco, fuck Tabacco. Smoking is horrible and should be abolished by any means necessary.
Anecdotal of course, but when I saw a couple of twenty-somethings smoking yesterday I was surprised, because I’ve seen so few young people smoke in the past few years (compared to when I was in high school where it felt like almost everyone smoked).
I guess I’ve seen this trend first hand.
Kids nowadays have access to better drugs. Good for them.
Zoals onze noorderburen het reeds zeiden:
*”Alle tieners zeggen ja tegen MDMA”*
*^(dat meisje is een mot, ze had seks met je pa)*
Bah teenagers these days, all wimps.
Back in the day we blazed it up while drinking 50cl cans of Jupiler and that was just as breakfast.
Either where I live is an absolute outlier and is what pulls these numbers up or these teens are lying their asses off
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My kids tell me that many kids go directly to vaping.
As a small aside, personally I have less problems with being near an actual smoker than someone vaping crap that smells like popcorn overdose.
Key figures:
How many teens say they have ever used tobacco:
2000: 54%
2021: 21.1%
How many teens say they have ever used alcohol:
2000: 86.5%
2021: 53.5%
How many teens say they use alcohol weekly:
2000: 29%
2021: 14.3%
How many teens say they have ever used cannabis:
2000: 23.4%
2021: 9.6%
edit: pandemic had a noticeable effect, but trends were ongoing the entire 2000-2019 period
The VAD (Flemish Expertise centre for Alcohol and Drugs) is very happy about these evolutions, stating that use of any of these substances has to be minimised. Their concern lies in the increased popularity of vaping and a recent increase in the number of young people who drink weekly. They also note the increase in prescription drug use, like sleeping aids and tranquilizers, which increased to 16%.
My 4.3 cents(inflation adjusted):
I can’t help but wonder if this is less about health choices and more about a kids just being less sociable, a generation that prefers social media over partying. The biophysical effects of loneliness are a hell of a lot worse than going out once a week.
> Wel baren de cijfers rond het gebruik van slaap- en kalmeermiddelen het VAD wat zorgen. In het 2021-2022 steeg dat naar 16 procent. “Dat is verontrustend, omdat dat cijfer al jaren stijgt en vooral bij meisjes echt wel hoog ligt. Meer dan 1 op 5 meisjes hebben ooit **voorschriftplichtige** slaap- en kalmeermiddelen genomen. Dat is vrij hoog.”
Shouldn’t we be looking at doctors subscribing these in the first place then?
Anyway, imagine starting smoking in current year. These youngsters must be millionaires or very stupid, or both.
Helaas in werkelijkheid nog nooit zo veel weed rokers gezien rond de stations… cijfers zeggen niet alles
Ik vraag me af wie die vragen steeds beantwoord, heel mijn leven nog nooit een bevraging over iets gekregen…
Als het is zoals vroeger dan haalt men de cijfers uit bevragingen in de school en ja dan weet je ook hoe de antwoorden zijn 😂
Good good. More for me.
DMT is erg goed
“Maar daalt het tabaksgebruik wel snel genoeg?”
Jah, verbiedt dan ineens roken zoals de andere drugs en dit probleem zal zichzelf oplossen. Ik blijf het toch vreemd vinden dat de overheid aan de ene kant de accijnzen wilt blijven innen en aan de andere kant geld blijft uitgeven aan werkgroepen en andere zaken om rookgedrag bij de mensen te verminderen. Is weer zo’n typisch Belgisch voorbeeld van weten wat moreel het correct gedrag is, maar ergens het geld willen blijven innen.
Ach ja, zolang ze meer verdienen zeker? Ik vraag me af wat er gaat gebeuren als ze meer uitgeven dan verdienen aan roken.
I’m not a teenager, but under 25. I’ve barely drank at all over the last few months.
I honestly just don’t go out as much as i used to and don’t participate in social activities as much as i think I should. I’m not sure the fact that i don’t drink is actually a sign of good health. It’s philologically better, sure, but it’s (for me) directly correlated with bad social health.
i’d be curious if the same thing applies at an agrigated level, as a lot of other studies have show “kids these days” are generally more digitally social and less IRL social.
As for Tabacco, fuck Tabacco. Smoking is horrible and should be abolished by any means necessary.
Anecdotal of course, but when I saw a couple of twenty-somethings smoking yesterday I was surprised, because I’ve seen so few young people smoke in the past few years (compared to when I was in high school where it felt like almost everyone smoked).
I guess I’ve seen this trend first hand.
Kids nowadays have access to better drugs. Good for them.
Zoals onze noorderburen het reeds zeiden:
*”Alle tieners zeggen ja tegen MDMA”*
*^(dat meisje is een mot, ze had seks met je pa)*
Bah teenagers these days, all wimps.
Back in the day we blazed it up while drinking 50cl cans of Jupiler and that was just as breakfast.
Either where I live is an absolute outlier and is what pulls these numbers up or these teens are lying their asses off
Booooorring 🤣