The way that youth gambling is regulated in Finland
has shifted in recent decades. Since July 20... more The way that youth gambling is regulated in Finland
has shifted in recent decades. Since July 2011, all
money games have been prohibited to minors. The
control of age limits varies in different types of shops:
young-looking individuals must present an ID when
purchasing alcoholic beverages and cigarettes, but the
control of slot machine playing is less organized.
The data for this study comes from the European
School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs
(ESPAD), collected every four years since 1995 among
adolescents aged 15–16. The purpose of this study was
twofold. First, we reviewed trends in the use of alcohol,
cannabis and tobacco products according to slot
machine playing. Second, we analysed the connection
between slot machine playing and the use of these
substances in 2011.
Weekly slot machine playing among girls had
increased between 1995 and 2011 in comparison with
boys. Nevertheless, the proportion of non-playing
youth had grown. Abstinence had increased especially
among boys who played slot machines less than weekly,
but not among weekly playing youth. Among girls it had
even decreased. Daily smoking had decreased in other
groups except weekly playing girls. The use of snuff had
increased among all girls, but especially among those
playing weekly. Among boys, an increase was seen only
among those playing weekly. Cannabis experiments had
increased among weekly playing youth.
In 2011, girls were less often abstainers and drank
to intoxication and smoked cigarettes more often than
boys regardless of slot machine playing. Only the use
snuff was more common among boys. There were
no significant differences between genders regarding
cannabis use. Among both boys and girls, those who
played weekly used every kind of substance studied
more often.
A high degree of resourcefulness and involvement in
young people’s lives is required of parents, educators
and professionals throughout the process of maturation.
More research is needed on individual pathways
concerning substance use and slot machine playing and
the accumulation of harms to specific youth groups.
Keywords: ESPAD 2011, youth gambling, slot
machines, substance use, tobacco and snuff.
The way that youth gambling is regulated in Finland
has shifted in recent decades. Since July 20... more The way that youth gambling is regulated in Finland
has shifted in recent decades. Since July 2011, all
money games have been prohibited to minors. The
control of age limits varies in different types of shops:
young-looking individuals must present an ID when
purchasing alcoholic beverages and cigarettes, but the
control of slot machine playing is less organized.
The data for this study comes from the European
School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs
(ESPAD), collected every four years since 1995 among
adolescents aged 15–16. The purpose of this study was
twofold. First, we reviewed trends in the use of alcohol,
cannabis and tobacco products according to slot
machine playing. Second, we analysed the connection
between slot machine playing and the use of these
substances in 2011.
Weekly slot machine playing among girls had
increased between 1995 and 2011 in comparison with
boys. Nevertheless, the proportion of non-playing
youth had grown. Abstinence had increased especially
among boys who played slot machines less than weekly,
but not among weekly playing youth. Among girls it had
even decreased. Daily smoking had decreased in other
groups except weekly playing girls. The use of snuff had
increased among all girls, but especially among those
playing weekly. Among boys, an increase was seen only
among those playing weekly. Cannabis experiments had
increased among weekly playing youth.
In 2011, girls were less often abstainers and drank
to intoxication and smoked cigarettes more often than
boys regardless of slot machine playing. Only the use
snuff was more common among boys. There were
no significant differences between genders regarding
cannabis use. Among both boys and girls, those who
played weekly used every kind of substance studied
more often.
A high degree of resourcefulness and involvement in
young people’s lives is required of parents, educators
and professionals throughout the process of maturation.
More research is needed on individual pathways
concerning substance use and slot machine playing and
the accumulation of harms to specific youth groups.
Keywords: ESPAD 2011, youth gambling, slot
machines, substance use, tobacco and snuff.
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has shifted in recent decades. Since July 2011, all
money games have been prohibited to minors. The
control of age limits varies in different types of shops:
young-looking individuals must present an ID when
purchasing alcoholic beverages and cigarettes, but the
control of slot machine playing is less organized.
The data for this study comes from the European
School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs
(ESPAD), collected every four years since 1995 among
adolescents aged 15–16. The purpose of this study was
twofold. First, we reviewed trends in the use of alcohol,
cannabis and tobacco products according to slot
machine playing. Second, we analysed the connection
between slot machine playing and the use of these
substances in 2011.
Weekly slot machine playing among girls had
increased between 1995 and 2011 in comparison with
boys. Nevertheless, the proportion of non-playing
youth had grown. Abstinence had increased especially
among boys who played slot machines less than weekly,
but not among weekly playing youth. Among girls it had
even decreased. Daily smoking had decreased in other
groups except weekly playing girls. The use of snuff had
increased among all girls, but especially among those
playing weekly. Among boys, an increase was seen only
among those playing weekly. Cannabis experiments had
increased among weekly playing youth.
In 2011, girls were less often abstainers and drank
to intoxication and smoked cigarettes more often than
boys regardless of slot machine playing. Only the use
snuff was more common among boys. There were
no significant differences between genders regarding
cannabis use. Among both boys and girls, those who
played weekly used every kind of substance studied
more often.
A high degree of resourcefulness and involvement in
young people’s lives is required of parents, educators
and professionals throughout the process of maturation.
More research is needed on individual pathways
concerning substance use and slot machine playing and
the accumulation of harms to specific youth groups.
Keywords: ESPAD 2011, youth gambling, slot
machines, substance use, tobacco and snuff.
has shifted in recent decades. Since July 2011, all
money games have been prohibited to minors. The
control of age limits varies in different types of shops:
young-looking individuals must present an ID when
purchasing alcoholic beverages and cigarettes, but the
control of slot machine playing is less organized.
The data for this study comes from the European
School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs
(ESPAD), collected every four years since 1995 among
adolescents aged 15–16. The purpose of this study was
twofold. First, we reviewed trends in the use of alcohol,
cannabis and tobacco products according to slot
machine playing. Second, we analysed the connection
between slot machine playing and the use of these
substances in 2011.
Weekly slot machine playing among girls had
increased between 1995 and 2011 in comparison with
boys. Nevertheless, the proportion of non-playing
youth had grown. Abstinence had increased especially
among boys who played slot machines less than weekly,
but not among weekly playing youth. Among girls it had
even decreased. Daily smoking had decreased in other
groups except weekly playing girls. The use of snuff had
increased among all girls, but especially among those
playing weekly. Among boys, an increase was seen only
among those playing weekly. Cannabis experiments had
increased among weekly playing youth.
In 2011, girls were less often abstainers and drank
to intoxication and smoked cigarettes more often than
boys regardless of slot machine playing. Only the use
snuff was more common among boys. There were
no significant differences between genders regarding
cannabis use. Among both boys and girls, those who
played weekly used every kind of substance studied
more often.
A high degree of resourcefulness and involvement in
young people’s lives is required of parents, educators
and professionals throughout the process of maturation.
More research is needed on individual pathways
concerning substance use and slot machine playing and
the accumulation of harms to specific youth groups.
Keywords: ESPAD 2011, youth gambling, slot
machines, substance use, tobacco and snuff.