AS part of a longitudinal study of 16-year-olds, ques tions were asked concerning smoking and drinking behaviour. Comparisons with previous data indi cated a general decline in smoking, though less so for girls than boys, and the former are now more frequent smokers than boys. Drinking alcohol was at about the same frequency as 11 years ago, and social class was related to patterns of both drinking and smok ing, but in opposite directions.
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