Table 42b. Lifetime abstinence from various substances by gender. 2015. Percentages.

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	Tranquillisers or sedatives ^a		Inhalants		Illicit drugs ^b		Cigarettes		Alcohol		All of these substances
	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
Albania	93	92	94	99	82	96	51	73	29	49	20	39
Austria	97	95	90	91	77	81	46	47	14	10	9	7
Belgium (Flanders)	96	91	97	97	79	85	67	71	23	17	20	15
Bulgaria	96	97	96	98	68	73	49	40	12	15	9	11
Croatia	97	95	81	68	75	80	39	37	7	9	5	6
Cyprus	95	96	91	93	86	93	60	69	10	13	8	11
Czech Republic	89	80	95	94	64	62	35	33	5	3	4	3
Denmark ^c	98	97	96	97	84	90	63	59	7	8	6	7
Estonia ^c	94	88	89	86	70	78	38	43	13	14	10	12
Faroes	99	97	97	98	94	94	50	51	16	22	14	21
Finland ^c	96	92	93	92	90	92	50	56	25	28	20	25
Macedonia	91	87	97	99	90	96	56	67	36	49	20	35
France	92	88	95	93	65	71	46	44	15	17	11	12
Georgia	90	87	90	86	76	94	46	70	14	17	9	13
Greece	96	96	88	87	85	94	59	63	5	7	4	6
Hungary	95	91	94	93	85	87	45	45	6	8	5	7
Iceland	96	94	98	96	92	92	84	84	64	67	59	63
Ireland	97	97	89	90	77	84	67	68	28	25	25	22
Italy	95	94	96	97	67	76	45	40	15	16	12	13
Liechtenstein	94	99	89	94	60	77	44	42	7	14	4	10
Lithuania	95	88	91	93	79	84	31	40	15	11	9	9
Malta	98	96	93	91	86	86	75	67	16	12	14	10
Moldova	99	99	98	99	91	97	50	85	14	22	11	21
Monaco	92	88	93	91	66	71	49	39	12	10	10	9
Montenegro	92	87	92	94	86	94	63	69	17	28	14	23
Netherlands	95	89	94	96	75	79	62	61	27	27	23	25
Norway	95	93	95	95	90	96	71	74	44	42	36	36
Poland	89	77	89	89	71	79	44	46	16	17	13	13
Portugal	98	92	95	96	83	85	63	63	27	30	22	24
Romania	99	97	97	96	86	92	47	50	16	28	11	20
Slovakia	96	91	92	92	71	73	38	39	10	9	8	7
Slovenia	98	96	86	86	73	75	56	50	10	12	8	10
Sweden ^c	95	91	93	93	92	93	67	66	36	34	31	30
Ukraine	98	98	96	95	86	93	41	56	18	14	13	12
AVERAGE	95	92	93	93	79	85	53	56	19	21	15	17
Latvia	96	94	86	78	77	85	30	39	12	10	8	9
Spain	94	91	99	99	70	73	65	61	23	20	20	16
United States ^d	96	93	93	92	65	65	80	81	56	50	.	.

^a 'Without a doctor's prescription'.
^b Includes cannabis, amphetamines, cocaine, crack, ecstasy, LSD or other hallucinogens, heroin and GHB.
^c Crack not included.
^d Only tranquillisers. Illicit drugs includes non-prescribed use of tranquillisers but does not include ecstasy or GHB.