Table 42a. Lifetime abstinence from various substances. 2015. Percentages.

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	Tranquillisers or sedatives ^a	Inhalants	Illicit drugs ^b	Cigarettes	Alcohol	All of these substances
Albania	92	96	90	63	40	30
Austria	96	90	79	47	12	8
Belgium (Flanders)	94	97	82	69	20	18
Bulgaria	96	97	71	45	14	10
Croatia	96	75	78	38	8	5
Cyprus	95	92	90	65	12	9
Czech Republic	84	94	63	34	4	3
Denmark ^c	98	96	87	61	8	7
Estonia ^c	91	87	74	40	14	11
Faroes	98	98	94	51	19	17
Finland ^c	94	92	91	53	26	22
Macedonia	89	98	93	62	43	28
France	90	94	68	45	16	11
Georgia	89	88	85	57	15	11
Greece	96	87	89	61	6	5
Hungary	93	93	86	45	7	6
Iceland	95	97	92	84	65	61
Ireland	97	89	80	68	26	24
Italy	95	97	72	42	16	12
Liechtenstein	97	92	69	43	11	7
Lithuania	91	92	81	35	13	9
Malta	97	92	86	71	14	12
Moldova	99	99	94	67	18	16
Monaco	90	92	69	44	11	9
Montenegro	90	93	90	66	22	18
Netherlands	92	95	77	61	27	24
Norway	94	95	93	72	43	36
Poland	83	89	75	45	17	13
Portugal	95	96	84	63	29	23
Romania	98	96	89	48	22	15
Slovakia	93	92	72	38	9	8
Slovenia	97	86	74	53	11	9
Sweden ^c	93	93	92	67	35	31
Ukraine	98	95	90	49	16	12
AVERAGE	94	93	82	54	20	16
Latvia	95	82	81	34	11	8
Spain	92	99	72	63	21	18
United States ^d	94	93	65	80	53	.

^a 'Without a doctor's prescription'.
^b Includes cannabis, amphetamines, cocaine, crack, ecstasy, LSD or other hallucinogens, heroin and GHB.
^c Crack not included.