Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS): smoking report 2018

Appendix A: Base Tables (unweighted)

Table A.1: Bases for Figure 2.3 Proportion of pupils who are regular smokers, by sex and age (1982-2018)

	All 13 year old boys	All 13 year old girls	All 15 year old boys	All 15 year old girls
1990	324	343	343	317
1992	386	351	295	334
1994	349	342	311	330
1996	317	305	318	276
1998	306	314	562	554
2000	625	582	593	570
2002	5948	6146	5145	5074
2004	1783	1686	1646	1689
2006	5797	5774	5599	5410
2008	2631	2683	2296	2329
2010	9610	9394	9016	8685
2013	8515	8545	8083	7970
2015	6459	6735	5687	5610
2018	5951	5869	4995	5037

N.B. Base data for 1982, 1984, and 1986 was not available

Table A.2: Bases for Figure 2.5 Proportion of 15 year old regular smokers who have smoked for 6 months or more, by sex (1990-2018)

	15 year old boys who are regular smokers	15 year old girls who are regular smokers
1990	73	78
1992	53	101
1994	53	76
1996	88	77
1998	121	144
2000	90	144
2002	788	1215
2004	228	390
2006	651	930
2008	288	333
2010	1019	1196
2013	599	690
2015	314	297
2018	301	238

Table A.3: Bases for Figure 2.6 Mean age at which 15 year old pupils who had ever smoked, first tried a cigarette (2008-2018)

	15 year olds who have ever tried smoked
2008	1898
2010	6767
2013	6564
2015	3436
2018	2430

Table A.4: Bases for Figure 2.7 Trends in number of 15 year old regular smokers who say they would find it ‘very difficult’ or ‘fairly difficult’ to give up, by sex (1992-2018)

	15 year old boys who are regular smokers	15 year old girls who are regular smokers
1992	53	76
1994	89	77
1996	120	146
1998	92	145
2000	799	1226
2002	225	385
2004	660	942
2006	290	337
2008	1032	1209
2010	606	699
2013	53	101
2015	325	307
2018	310	248

Table A.5: Bases for Figure 2.8 Trends in number of 15 year old regular smokers who say they would like to give up, by sex (1992-2018)

	15 year old boys who are regular smokers	15 year old girls who are regular smokers
1992	53	76
1994	89	77
1996	120	146
1998	92	145
2000	781	1206
2002	225	392
2004	660	939
2006	290	336
2008	1031	1208
2010	590	683
2013	53	101
2015	323	304
2018	312	246

Table A.6: Bases for Figure 2.9 Trends in number of 15 year old regular smokers who have tried to give up, by sex (1992-2018)

	15 year old boys who are regular smokers	15 year old girls who are regular smokers
1992	53	76
1994	89	77
1996	66	89
1998	92	145
2000	804	1233
2002	227	389
2004	659	942
2006	288	336
2008	1031	1202
2010	592	685
2013	53	101
2015	321	307
2018	311	248

Table A.7: Bases for Figure 3.3 Trends in 15 year old regular smokers getting cigarettes from shops (1990-2018)

	15 year old boys who are regular smokers	15 year old girls who are regular smokers
1990	99	100
1992	66	133
1994	71	111
1996	118	107
1998	156	207
2000	124	206
2002	844	1261
2004	332	561
2006	935	1333
2008	408	514
2010	1504	1836
2013	837	1124
2015	371	346
2018	336	277

Table A.8: Figure 3.5 Perceived cost of cigarettes among 15 year olds, by smoking status (average estimate) (2010-2018)

	15 year old regular smokers	15 year old non-smokers
2010	1854	11018
2013	1325	13241
2015	755	9171
2018	776	8396

Table A.9: Bases for Figure 4.1 Trends in the proportion of pupils who think it’s ‘ok’ to try smoking, by age and gender (2006-2018)

	All 13 year old boys	All 13 year old girls	All 15 year old boys	All 15 year old girls
2006	5917	5900	5714	5491
2008	2655	2710	2310	2337
2010	9788	9532	9118	8746
2013	8703	8657	8203	8047
2015	6086	6484	5398	5461
2018	5527	5608	4621	4832

Table A.10: Figure 5.3 Exposure to smoke at home, by age (2013-2018)

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
2013	17217	16168
2015	13208	11493
2018	12144	10558

Table A.11: Figure 5.4 Exposure to smoke in cars, by age (2013-2018)

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
2013	17175	16147
2015	13331	11534
2018	12293	10615

Table A.12: Bases for Figure 5.6 Trends in proportion of pupils with at least one parent who smokes daily, by age (2002-2018)

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
2002	12440	10650
2004	3599	3463
2006	11906	11274
2008	5392	4671
2010	19371	17936
2013	17397	16288
2015	12882	11190
2018	12059	10436

Table A.13: Bases for Figure 5.8 Trends in proportion of pupils with at least one sibling who smokes daily, by age (2002-2018)

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
2002	9427	8212
2004	2505	2657
2006	8556	8716
2008	3923	3762
2010	14537	14181
2013	13926	13181
2015	12587	10977
2018	11598	10015

Table A.14: Bases for Figure 5.10 Trends in the proportion of pupils who say that more than half their friends smoke, by age (2002-2018)

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
2002	12339	10609
2004	3550	3426
2006	11704	11106
2008	5168	4538
2010	18971	17680
2013	17121	16105
2015	13607	11697
2018	12028	10481

Table A.15: Bases for Figure 7.1 Proportion of pupils who were regular smokers, by family variables (2018)

Family status

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Single parent	2138	1963
Step parent	934	909
Both parents	8146	6846

Maternal awareness

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Median and above	7423	5813
Below median	3987	4104

Paternal awareness

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Median and above	6429	4775
Below median	4483	4604

Family communication

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Likely to talk	10065	8385
Not likely to talk	1460	1556

Caring responsibilities

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Yes	1377	995
No	10070	9120

Table A.16: Bases for Figure 7.2 Proportion of pupils who were regular smokers, by friend variables (2018)

Number of friends

	13 year olds	15 year olds
0	945	1353
1	1367	1697
2	4606	5965
3+	37906	35106

Age of friends

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Older	561	528
Younger	229	200
Same aged	7476	6358
Mixed	2891	2618

Number of evenings spent with friends

	13 year olds	15 year olds
None	1524	1309
1-2 evenings	3588	3623
3-4 evenings	3338	2915
5+ evenings	1690	1079

Own cash to spend per week

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Under £5	2509	1542
£5-20	5828	4346
Over £20	2819	3863

Table A.17: Weekly activities among 15 year olds, by smoking status (2018) – Bases (Figure 7.3)

	Smokers	Non-smokers
Listen to music	674	8615
Use social networking sites	678	8603
See friends	679	8611
Go to a friend’s house	653	8526
Watch films	673	8601
Hang out in the street	658	8533
Go to shops	674	8600
Play computer games	676	8594
Do nothing	640	8344
Do sports	673	8584
Do a hobby	655	8527
Watch sports	670	8582
Read books	671	8585
Read magazines	672	8587
Go to cinema	654	8543
Volunteer	653	8487
Go to a concert	651	8531
Go to church	650	8498
Go to the theatre	654	8519
Go to a museum	652	8518
Go to the public library	649	8517

Table A.18: Bases for Figure 7.4 Proportion of pupils who were regular smokers, by school variables (2018)

How much do you like school at the moment?

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Like it a lot	1860	1046
Like it a little	5314	4082
Not very much	2266	2574
Not at all	1527	1908

Feeling pressured by schoolwork

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Never	1598	579
Sometimes	6232	3525
A lot of the time	3027	5466

Exclusion

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Has been excluded	1383	1227
Has not been excluded	9288	8270

Truanting

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Not at all	5993	4644
4-10 times	3008	2654
1-3 times	1004	1180
More than 10 times	603	922

Post-school expectations

	13 year olds	15 year olds
University	6197	5204
FE college	1308	1498
Apprenticeship	544	1141
Working	1197	867

Table A.19: Bases for Figure 7.5 Proportion of pupils who were regular smokers, by inequalities and geography variables (2018)

Self-rated health

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Good	9900	8257
Fair	1772	1749
Bad	332	395

Illness or disability

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Yes	2031	2254
No	9116	7537

Overall SDQ score

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Normal	6443	5405
Borderline	1706	1684
Abnormal	1906	1846

WEMWBS Score

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Below average	1343	1652
Average	7227	6684
Above average	1691	1058

SIMD

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
1-most deprived	1638	1342
2	2044	1767
3	2518	2091
4	3029	2608
5-least deprived	3053	2793