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2002 Youth Smoking Survey - Technical Report

Table 7-5 - Health Beliefs by Language Spoken at Home, Perceived Class Standing Relative to Peers, and Percentage of Friends who Smoke, Percentage in the Household who Smoke, Canada, Youth Smoking Survey 2002
	Beliefs about Harms of Tobacco and Quitting						Perceived Benefits
	Pop Est (000's)	Tobacco is Addictive (% Yes)	ETS is Harmful to Non-smokers (% Yes)	Occasional Smoking Endangers Health (% Yes)	Quitting Smoking Reduces Damage Even After Years (% Yes)	Smokers Can Quit Anytime (% Yes)	Must Smoke for Many Years Before Hurt Health (% Yes)	Nicer to Date Non-smokers (% Yes)	Smoking Helps People Relax (% Yes)	Smoking Helps People Stay Slim (% Yes)	Smoking Helps People when They Are Bored (% Yes)	Smoking is Cool (% Yes)
Canada	2014	88	86	69	36	29	18	74	36	18	13	3
English	1569	91	86	70	36	31	17	77	39	17	13	2
French	458	78	87	57	36	22	21	62	25	22	15	6
Better than Average Class Standing	750	90	88	69	40	27	16	79	35	18	13	2
Average Class Standing	1082	88	85	66	34	30	18	72	35	17	13	3
Below Average Class Standing	168	86	82	62	38	26	24	63	32	21	16	6
No Friends Smoke	1468	88	85	69	35	30	16	77	31	15	11	1
All Friends Smoke	45	86	82	60	43	26	26	41	57	32	28	14
None in household Smoke	1403	88	86	68	36	29	16	77	33	17	12	2
All in household Smoke	27	90	89	67	42	25	23	55	50	22	25	#

# Data suppressed due to high sampling variability

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