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Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) 2008

Supplementary Tables, CTUMS Annual 2008

Table 1. Smoking status and average number of cigarettes smoked per day, by age group and sex, age 15+ years, Canada 2008
Sex Age group
(years)
Population estimate
('000)
Current smokers
(%)
Daily smokers
(%)
Nondaily smokers
(%)
Former smokers
(%)
Never smoked
(%)
Average cigarettes smoked per day1

[95% confidence intervals in brackets]

1 Daily smokers only.

The symbols ↑ and ↓ refer to the direction of rounding to integers.

* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution.

# High sampling variability - although an estimate may be determined from the table, data should be suppressed.

Source: Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, February - December 2008

Total All age groups 27,282 17.9
[16.8-18.9]
13.5
[12.6-14.3]
4.4
[3.8-5.1]
28.7
[27.4-29.9]
53.4
[52.1-54.8]
14.9
[14.3-15.5]
Male 13,455 20.1
[18.5-21.7]
15.4
[14.0-16.8]
4.7
[3.7-5.7]
33.0
[31.0-35.0]
46.9
[44.9-48.9]
16.4
[15.5-17.4]
Female 13,826 15.7
[14.5-17.0]
11.6
[10.5-12.6]
4.2
[3.3-5.0]
24.5
[23.0-26.0]
59.8
[58.0-61.6]
13.0
[12.3-13.6]
 
Both sexes 15-17 1,372 9.7
[8.1-11.3]
5.0
[3.8-6.2]
4.7
[3.6-5.7]
1.1*
[0.5-1.6]
89.2
[87.6-90.8]
10.8
[9.6-12.0]
18-19 829 23.3
[20.1-26.4]
14.4
[11.9-16.9]
8.8
[6.7-11.0]
3.4*
[2.1-4.6]
73.4
[70.1-76.6]
13.0
[11.6-14.4]
15-19 2,201 14.8
[13.2-16.4]
8.6
[7.3-9.9]
6.2
[5.2-7.3]
1.9
[1.3-2.6]
83.3
[81.6-84.9]
12.2
[11.2-13.3]
20-22 1,473 26.3
[23.2-29.3]
17.6
[15.1-20.1]
8.6
[6.6-10.7]
6.4
[5.0-7.8]
67.3
[64.1-70.5]
12.3
[11.1-13.5]
23-24 786 29.1
[25.4-32.8]
20.1
[16.7-23.4]
9.1
[6.5-11.7]
9.3
[7.1-11.4]
61.6
[57.8-65.4]
12.1
[10.6-13.7]
20-24 2,259 27.3
[24.9-29.6]
18.5
[16.6-20.4]
8.8
[7.2-10.4]
7.4
[6.2-8.6]
65.3
[62.8-67.8]
12.2
[11.3-13.2]
25-34 4,544 21.0
[18.0-24.1]
14.2
[11.6-16.7]
6.9
[4.6-9.1]
23.6
[19.7-27.4]
55.4
[51.4-59.4]
13.2
[11.6-14.8]
35-44 4,863 18.9
[16.2-21.5]
15.3
[12.8-17.8]
3.6*
[2.3-5.0]
24.0
[21.1-26.8]
57.1
[53.8-60.5]
15.7
[14.2-17.1]
45-54 5,224 20.7
[18.1-23.4]
17.7
[15.1-20.2]
3.0*
[1.8-4.3]
33.9
[30.7-37.0]
45.4
[42.0-48.8]
15.7
[14.3-17.0]
55+ 8,190 12.0
[10.4-13.6]
9.2
[7.9-10.6]
2.8
[1.9-3.6]
44.0
[41.6-46.4]
44.0
[41.6-46.4]
16.7
[15.3-18.1]
25+ 22,821 17.3
[16.1-18.4]
13.4
[12.4-14.4]
3.8
[3.1-4.6]
33.3
[31.8-34.9]
49.4
[47.8-51.0]
15.4
[14.6-16.1]
 
Male 15-17 698 10.2
[8.0-12.4]
5.1
[3.5-6.7]
5.1
[3.6-6.6]
#  88.5
[86.3-90.7]
11.8
[10.2-13.3]
18-19 429 27.4
[22.7-32.1]
17.1
[13.3-20.9]
10.3
[7.1-13.5]
3.6*
[1.9-5.3]
69.0
[64.2-73.8]
13.9
[12.2-15.6]
15-19 1,127 16.8
[14.4-19.1]
9.7
[7.8-11.6]
7.1
[5.5-8.7]
2.1*
[1.3-3.0]
81.1
[78.7-83.5]
13.3
[12.0-14.5]
20-22 769 32.1
[27.4-36.8]
20.6
[16.6-24.5]
11.5
[8.2-14.9]
5.9
[4.0-7.8]
62.0
[57.2-66.8]
13.8
[12.0-15.5]
23-24 384 34.2
[28.0-40.4]
23.0
[17.4-28.5]
11.2*
[7.0-15.4]
8.1*
[5.0-11.1]
57.7
[51.5-64.0]
13.4
[10.9-15.9]
20-24 1,153 32.8
[29.1-36.5]
21.4
[18.3-24.4]
11.4
[8.8-14.1]
6.6
[5.1-8.2]
60.6
[56.8-64.3]
13.6
[12.2-15.1]
25-34 2,287 24.0
[19.2-28.7]
16.3
[12.3-20.3]
7.7*
[4.0-11.4]
27.7
[21.9-33.5]
48.3
[42.5-54.2]
13.9
[11.4-16.5]
35-44 2,439 21.0
[16.8-25.2]
17.5
[13.7-21.4]
3.4*
[1.5-5.4]
26.6
[22.1-31.0]
52.5
[47.4-57.5]
16.8
[14.5-19.1]
45-54 2,602 22.7
[18.8-26.6]
19.6
[15.8-23.4]
3.1*
[1.3-4.8]
34.4
[29.9-38.9]
42.9
[37.9-47.9]
18.0
[16.0-19.9]
55+ 3,847 12.7
[10.3-15.0]
10.5
[8.3-12.7]
2.2*
[1.1-3.2]
56.2
[52.6-59.7]
31.2
[27.9-34.5]
18.8
[16.6-21.0]
25+ 11,175 19.1
[17.3-21.0]
15.4
[13.7-17.0]
3.8
[2.7-4.9]
38.8
[36.4-41.2]
42.1
[39.7-44.5]
17.0
[15.9-18.1]
Female 15-17 674 9.2
[6.8-11.5]
4.9
[3.2-6.6]
4.2*
[2.7-5.8]
# 90.0
[87.6-92.4]
9.9
[8.2-11.6]
18-19 400 18.8
[14.9-22.6]
11.5
[8.4-14.7]
7.2*
[4.9-9.6]
#  78.0
[74.0-82.0]
11.4
[9.5-13.4]
15-19 1,074 12.7
[10.7-14.8]
7.4
[5.7-9.0]
5.4
[4.0-6.7]
1.7*
[0.9-2.6]
85.5
[83.3-87.7]
10.8
[9.4-12.2]
20-22 705 19.9
[16.4-23.5]
14.4
[11.4-17.5]
5.5*
[3.5-7.5]
7.0
[4.8-9.1]
73.1
[68.9-77.3]
10.1
[9.0-11.2]
23-24 402 24.3
[19.7-28.8]
17.3
[13.3-21.2]
7.0*
[4.0-10.0]
10.4
[7.1-13.7]
65.4
[60.1-70.6]
10.4
[8.9-11.9]
20-24 1,106 21.5
[18.7-24.3]
15.5
[13.2-17.8]
6.0
[4.4-7.7]
8.2
[6.3-10.1]
70.3
[67.1-73.5]
10.2
[9.2-11.2]
25-34 2,257 18.1
[14.1-22.0]
12.0
[8.8-15.2]
6.1*
[3.4-8.7]
19.4
[14.8-24.0]
62.5
[57.1-68.0]
12.2
[10.6-13.7]
35-44 2,424 16.8
[13.6-20.1]
13.0
[10.0-16.0]
3.8*
[1.9-5.7]
21.3
[18.0-24.7]
61.9
[57.6-66.1]
14.1
[12.4-15.7]
45-54 2,622 18.7
[15.3-22.2]
15.7
[12.5-18.9]
3.0*
[1.4-4.7]
33.3
[29.2-37.5]
47.9
[43.1-52.7]
12.9
[11.6-14.1]
55+ 4,343 11.4
[9.2-13.6]
8.1
[6.6-9.6]
3.3*
[1.9-4.7]
33.3
[30.3-36.2]
55.3
[52.1-58.6]
14.4
[12.8-15.9]
25+ 11,646 15.5
[14.0-16.9]
11.6
[10.4-12.7]
3.9
[2.9-4.9]
28.1
[26.3-29.9]
56.4
[54.3-58.5]
13.4
[12.6-14.1]