@article{ref1,
title="High school sport participation and substance use: a cross-sectional analysis of  students from the COMPASS study",
journal="Addictive behaviors reports",
year="2020",
author="Williams, Gillian C. and Burns, Kathleen E. and Battista, Kate and de Groh, Margaret and Jiang, Ying and Leatherdale, Scott T.",
volume="12",
number="",
pages="e100298-e100298",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study was to examine the association between  participation in school sports and substance use behaviors in both male and female  high school students. <br><br>METHODS: The current study used cross-sectional data from  60,601 students from Year 6 (2017-2018) of the COMPASS study. Students reported  their school physical activity participation (none, intramurals only, varsity only,  both) and past 30-day substance use (binge drinking, cannabis use, cigarette use,  e-cigarette use). Hierarchical logistic regression models predicted the odds of  substance use, by sex. <br><br>RESULTS: 55% of students did not participate in any school  sports and 32% reported substance use. Intramurals were negatively associated with  cannabis use and cigarette use among all students and e-cigarette use among females. Varsity sports were associated with lower odds of cigarette use among all students  and cannabis use among males. In contrast, participating in varsity sports was  associated with increased odds of binge drinking and e-cigarette use among all  students. Participating in both intramurals and varsity sports was associated with  increased odds of binge drinking and e-cigarette use but with decreased odds of  cannabis use and cigarette use. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Intramurals were found to be protective  against cannabis use and cigarette use among all students and e-cigarette use among  females. Although varsity sports were protective against cannabis and cigarette use,  they were found to be a risk factor for binge drinking and e-cigarette use. Substance use prevention efforts should be a focus among school varsity sports  teams, especially for binge drinking and e-cigarette use.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2352-8532",
doi="10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100298",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100298"
}