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Table 3. Nicotine dependence by age group and sex, daily smokers, age 15+, Canada 2000
			How soon after waking do you have your first cigarette?
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution. # High sampling variability - although an estimate may be determined from the table, data should be suppressed. Estimates may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding. Source: Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, February - December 2000
Sex	Age group (years)	Population estimate ('000)	Within 5 minutes	6-30 minutes (%)	31-60 minutes (%)	>60 minutes (%)
Total	All age groups	4,741	24	31	17	28
Male		2,506	25	32	19	24
Female		2,234	23	30	16	32
Both sexes	15-19	359	20	24	21	35
	20-24	513	22	24	24	31
	25-44	2,310	24	29	18	29
	45+	1,559	25	40	13*	23
Male	15-19	170	20*	25*	21*	34
	20-24	268	24	25	25	27
	25-44	1,268	26	29	21	25
	45+	801	26*	42	12*	20*
Female	15-19	189	20*	23*	20*	37
	20-24	245	20*	23	23	34
	25-44	1,042	23*	28	15*	34
	45+	758	24*	37	13*	26*