CNN : declared in Top students more likely to smoke pot, drink alcohol, study says

During their early teens, high-scoring pupils were less likely to smoke cigarettes and more likely to drink alcohol than their peers with lower test scores. (CNN) British teens with the highest test scores are less likely to smoke cigarettes yet more likely to drink alcohol and smoke pot compared with teens with lower scores, according to a study published Wednesday in the British Medical Journal Open . Using questionnaires, they regularly tracked each student's use of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis from age 13 or 14 until age 19 or 20. Wanting to understand more, Williams and Hagger-Johnson surveyed more than 6,000 students from public and private schools across England. Meanwhile, average students were 25% more likely to use cannabis on occasion and 53% more likely to use it persistently in their early teens than pupils they outperformed on tests.

Clever teenagers twice as likely to smoke cannabis due to their curious minds, study finds

Clever children are twice as likely to smoke cannabis as teenagers due to their curious minds, a landmark study has found. They found that bright children are less likely to smoke cigarettes as teenagers but more likely to smoke cannabis. Students who are high academic achievers at age 11 are also more likely to drink alcohol as teenagers, according to a nine year study by University College London (UCL). This could be because middle class parents pay more attention to health warnings about cigarettes, which they pass on to their children. Experts examined data for more than 6,059 young people from 838 state and 52 public schools across England.


Clever children are twice as likely to smoke cannabis during their teenage years due to their curious minds, a landmark study has revealed. Analysing data for 6,059 young people from state-funded and fee-paying schools in England, experts deemed bright children less likely to smoke cigarettes as teenagers but more likely to smoke cannabis. Where cannabis is and isn't legal12 show all Where cannabis is and isn't legal1/12 UK Having been reclassified in 2009 from a Class C to a Class B drug, cannabis is now the most used illegal drug within the United Kingdom. Students who are high academic achievers at the age of 11 are also more likely to drink alcohol as teenagers, but less likely to smoke tobacco cigarettes, a nine-year study by University College London found. "The outcomes of cannabis use were found to be worsened by early onset and increased frequency of use.



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