2014/2015 Canadian student tobacco, alcohol and drugs survey

• Main Authors: Health Canada, PROPEL Centre for Population Health Impact
• Other Authors: Lesack, Paul
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Abacus Data Network 2015
• Subjects: Medicine; Health and Life Sciences; Social Sciences; Health; Prince Edward Island; University of Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/AHUQDT

Health Canada’s 2014/2015 Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CSTADS) is a pan-Canadian, school-based survey of a generalizable sample of students in grades 6 through 12. Formerly named the Youth Smoking Survey (YSS), CSTADS has been coordinated centrally by the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact (Propel) at the University of Waterloo in partnership with Health Canada since 2004, under the leadership of Dr. Steve Manske. Drs. Matthias Schonlau and Steve Brown at the University of Waterloo act as CSTADS statisticians and co-investigators. The 2014/2015 CSTADS was implemented in schools between October 2014 and May 2015 by provincial teams located in the participating provinces, with support and leadership from the following CSTADS co-investigators: Dr. Antony Card: Memorial University of Newfoundland – Grenfell Campus Dr. Donna Murnaghan: Thompson Rivers University Dr. Jo-Ann MacDonald: University of Prince Edward Island Dr. Mark Asbridge: Dalhousie University Dr. Annie Montreuil: Institut national de santé publique du Québec Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine: University of Saskatchewan Dr. Cam Wild: University of Alberta Dr. Marjorie MacDonald: University of Victoria