Higher rate of 15-year-old girls drinking than in other countries plus rise in 15-year-olds smoking contrasts with fewer boys drinking
Girls in Great Britain not only were more likely to have drunk alcohol than girls in other countries surveyed but they also were more likely to have drunk alcohol than boys.Girls in Great Britain not only were more likely to have drunk alcohol than girls in other countries surveyed but they also were more likely to have drunk alcohol than boys., a third of 11-year-olds and over half of 13-year-olds had drunk alcohol, the highest number of any country worldwide.
Severi said that the evidence was clear on what could further be done to discourage alcohol consumption, particularly among young people, across the UK. Dr Sabina Hulbert, a senior research fellow at the University of Kent, said that the rise in smoking among young girls in England, but not boys, could be because of the lessening of gender stereotypes in modern society.
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