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Sebastién Tutenges

Sébastien Tutenges

Associate Professor | Senior Lecturer

Sebastién Tutenges

The use of tobacco and cannabis at an international music festival

Author

  • M. Hesse
  • S. Tutenges
  • S. Schliewe

Summary, in English

Background: Music festivals are known to attract a high proportion of drug users. Methods: Using a survey of 1,772 visitors at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, we assessed substance use at the festival, the incidence of use of substances among never-users and the incidence of use among lifetime users who had not used a substance in the past 12 months. Results: New onset of tobacco use was reported by 9.2% of never-smokers, and new onset of cannabis use was reported by 9.3% of never-smokers of cannabis. Resumption of tobacco use was reported by 24% of past year abstainers, and resumption of cannabis use was reported by 30% of past year abstainers. New onset of other types of substances was reported by less than 0.5% of subjects, but among past year abstainers, 5-10% reported resumption of amphetamine, ketamine, MDMA and cocaine use. New onset smokers of cannabis were significantly younger than never-smokers. Conclusion: Music festivals such as the Roskilde Festival may be important arenas for the prevention of onset of tobacco and cannabis use and for a return to substance use.

Publishing year

2010-09-01

Language

English

Pages

208-212

Publication/Series

European Addiction Research

Volume

16

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Karger

Topic

  • Sociology

Keywords

  • Cannabis
  • Survey
  • Tobacco
  • Young people

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1022-6877