Overview
- The biennial ESTUDES 2025, based on 35,256 students aged 14–18, reports last‑12‑month declines of 2.6 points for alcohol, 6.5 for tobacco and 6.3 for cannabis.
- Cigarette use falls to series lows, with 27.3% ever, 21.2% in the past year and a 4.3% daily rate in the last month.
- Alcohol remains most prevalent at 71.0% in the past year and 51.8% in the past month, while recent drunkenness (17.2%) and binge drinking (24.7%) hit their lowest levels since 2000.
- Cannabis use reaches series lows—21.0% ever, 15.5% in the past year, 11.6% in the past month—though it remains the most-used illegal drug among students.
- E‑cigarette ever‑use stays high at 49.5% but drops 5.1 points as perceived risk rises by 18.5 points; use of hypnosedatives declines for the first time since 2014, with 9.5% reporting nonmedical consumption.