Introduction:
The use of drugs and other stimulants, as well as a passive way of spending free time, are the most common unhealthy behaviors among adolescents. The aim of the study was an analysis of selected salubrious behaviour of the secondary schools’ pupils, identifi cation of the diff erences in occurrence of this behavior between the adolescents from the city and the country and estimation which sociological factors infl uenced the occurrence of the analysed behavior

Material and Methods:
The research tool was an author questionnaire conducted among 167 pupils at the age 13-14 of the secondary schools in Tarnowskie Góry and Boronów. Part I included questions referring to socio-economic status, the next parts referred to the occurrence of taking drugs and spending free time.

Results:
10% of the surveyed in the tested group of secondary schools’ adolescents admitted taking drugs. Comparable number of girls and boys took drugs in the country, whereas there was larger number of boys in the city. In the city the adolescents dedicated their free time to meeting friends and watching TV, and in the country the pupils spent their free time with PC or meeting friends.

Conclusions:
It had been ascertained that among the surveyed pupils there had been a group taking psychoactive substances. Passive way of spending free time was a common phenomenon in the milieu of the tested adolescents but there were differences in occurrence of the analysed behaviour be tween the pupils from the city and the country. The factors determining the occurrence of the discussed behaviour were the family structure and father’s education.