Inventory of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Environmental and Occupational Health Data
Sources and Surveillance Activities

Health and Environment Initiatives and Activities

4) Tobacco Use

4.1 Environmental Health Surveillance

Canadian Tobacco Use & Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) (1999-present) (HC): CTUMS is the latest of a series of surveys which began in 1965 and are directed at regularly monitoring the smoking behaviours of adult Canadians. Previous surveys included the National Population Health Surveys, the Surveys on Smoking in Canada & the Surveys on Smoking Habits. CTUMS is continuously in the field and has about 20,000 respondents annually.

Youth Smoking Survey (YSS) (2002) (HC): The YSS monitors the smoking behaviours of young Canadians. First conducted in 1994, it is planned to replicate the YSS on a biennial basis beginning in 2002 with about 20,000 respondents per survey.

Canadian Tobacco Sales Database (1988 to present) (HC): This database consolidates tobacco industry reports to Health Canada on tobacco sales. Tobacco companies report in terms of number of units and dollar value of sales by month, product type, brand, market type and province.