Parental control of tobacco and cannabis use. Results from the ARAMIS 2 survey
In France, half of 17-year-olds have tried cigarettes, and nearly a third have tried cannabis. How do parents deal with this reality? The ARAMIS 2 survey questions parents of young consumers about parental control over their use.
- The interviews conducted show the variety of parental strategies used to supervise adolescents' use of tobacco or cannabis. They make sense in light of the consumption of products by the parents themselves, their social position, the relationship of trust built with the child and the adolescent's gender.
- Parents' attention focuses on the long-term health risks of tobacco and the immediate risks of cannabis consumption (legal risks, road accidents, fear of bad company, lower academic results).
- The appropriation of public health recommendations and the use of care are found more in privileged environments. Consumption is also more easily put into perspective in speeches, as long as it does not harm academic performance.
- Parental control is stricter among girls and the alert threshold is later among boys.
- Parents' experience of drug use has an influence on the way they identify their child's consumption, the arguments they use to educate them and the child's reception of the advice given.
Publication type
Briefing papers
Publication date
Language
French
English
Author(s)
DOUCHET
Marc-Antoine
Edited by
OFDT
Number of pages
14
ISBN
979-10-92728-91-0
Products & addictions
Cannabis
Tobacco
Themes
Prevention/Harm reduction
Users
Specific population(s)
Adolescents
Adults
Territories
Metropolis
Dispositif d'enquête et d'observation
Sociological and qualitative surveys