Adolescent Living in Contemporary Europe (ALICE) - Anonymised data

The Scottish Adolescent Lifestyles In Contemporary Europe (ALICE) project was part of a broader European initiative titled Smoking in Movies, coordinated by researchers in Kiel, Germany. Conducted across six countries—Scotland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, and Poland—the study aimed to examine the impact of exposure to smoking in films on adolescent health behaviours.
ALICE was part of the Gender Programme at the MRC Social & Public Health Sciences Unit and was jointly funded by the European Union’s Second Programme of Community Action in the Field of Health (2008–2013) and the UK Medical Research Council, an independent government-funded body.
In Scotland, data collection took place in early 2010, with a follow-up in 2011. Pupils aged 12–14 from Scottish Secondary 1–3 (S1–S3) across seven schools in the central belt were surveyed. Ethical approval was granted by the University of Glasgow, relevant local authority education departments, and head teachers of all participating schools. Consent was obtained from both parents and pupils.
The European survey included questions on demographics, self-perception, smoking, and alcohol use. Pupils were asked whether they had seen a sample of 50 films randomly selected from 250 country-specific box office hits, each of which had been systematically analysed to estimate the number of smoking scenes. To maintain consistency across countries, Scotland-specific health and lifestyle questions were added at the end of the questionnaire. There were 2,937 participants.
This data is anonymised.