Advances in Public Health

Research Article

Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, and Illegal Substance Abuse among Adolescents in Sri Lanka: Results from Sri Lankan Global School-Based Health Survey 2016

Factors associated with current use of alcohol consumption, smoking, smokeless tobacco, and illegal substances (Adjusted Odds Ratios with 95% CI).


Characteristic		Current use of Alcohol	Current Smoking	Current use of Smokeless Tobacco	Current use of illegal Substances

Sex	Male	3.7 (2.0-3.9)	10.2 (4.3-24.0)	10.8 (3.8 – 30.8)	3.4 (1.6 – 6.8)
Sex	Female	1	1	1	1

Age	16-17 Years	2.4 (1.5-6.7)	2.5 (1.5-4.2)	1.7 (1.05-3. 1)
Age	13-15 Years	1	1	1

Physical Fighting ⁽¹⁾	Yes	3.6(2.0-6.5)	3.9 (2.0-7.4)	2.2 (1.1-4.5)	3.6 (1.6 -8.0)
Physical Fighting ⁽¹⁾	No	1	1	1	1

Attempted Suicide ⁽¹⁾	Yes	3.1 (1.5-6.2)	3.4 (1.6-7.0)		6.0 (3.0 – 12.0)
Attempted Suicide ⁽¹⁾	No	1	1		1

Parents Smoking ⁽¹⁾	Yes	1.8 (1.1 – 2.9)	1.8 (1.1-3.0)	1.8 (1.09 – 3.5)
Parents Smoking ⁽¹⁾	No	1	1	1

Seen Actors Consuming Alcohol on TV	Yes	2.9 (1.7 – 4.9)	2.5 (1.5-4.1)	2.5 (1.3 – 4.5)
Seen Actors Consuming Alcohol on TV	No	1	1	1

Bullied in school ⁽²⁾	Yes	1.6 (1. 09-2.7)			2.1 (1.0 3– 4.1)
Bullied in school ⁽²⁾	No	1			1

Being physically attacked ⁽¹⁾	Yes			1.8 (1.04-3.5)
Being physically attacked ⁽¹⁾	No			1

Other activities >3 Hours	>3 Hours			1.7 (1.07-3.0)
Other activities >3 Hours	< 3 Hours			1

Obtaining serious injuries ⁽¹⁾	Yes				2.5 (1.3 -5.1)
Obtaining serious injuries ⁽¹⁾	No

During last 12 months. ⁽²⁾During last 30 days.