Collective research gathered across all EU states calls for authorities to understand the intertwining threats and changes to gambling harms impacting teen behaviours, in which the individual context of EU nations must be understood.
European authorities and public health organisations have been alerted to changing habits of male adolescents engaging with gambling across EU states.
The warning comes from the collective research agency ESPAD – the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs – which has published its 2024 Report on “substance use and risk behaviours among school students in the EU.”
The 2024 Report marks the eighth wave of research conducted by ESPAD since 1995, covering 37 European countries and capturing responses from more than 113,000 students aged 15–16. This extensive survey represents the largest harmonised data collection on youth substance use and risk behaviours in Europe.
