Team Sports Participation and Substance Use Among Youths

The NHSDA Report:  Team Sports Participation and Substance Use Among Youths

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 Highlights:

• In 2000, approximately 61 percent of youths aged 12 to 17, or more than 14 million, participated in team sports during the past year.

• Rates of past month use of tobacco, alcohol, or illicit drugs were generally lower among team sports participants than nonparticipants; however, the rate of past month smokeless tobacco use was higher among team sports participants than nonparticipants. 

• Team sports participants were more likely than nonparticipants to disapprove of peers' use of cigarettes, alcohol, or marijuana.

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This Short Report, The NHSDA Report:  Team Sports Participation and Substance Use Among Youths, is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use and for selected mental health measures by State.

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