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Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) 2008

Table 9. Exposure of children at home to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS), by province and age group, Canada 2008
Province	% Children Age 0-11 regularly exposed	% Children Age 12-17 regularly exposed	% Children Age 0-17 regularly exposed
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] 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, Household component, February - December 2008
Canada	5.8 [5.1-6.5]	11.4 [10.2-12.6]	8.0 [7.3-8.7]

Newfoundland and Labrador	5.7 [4.2-7.2]	12.1 [9.9-14.4]	8.2 [6.8-9.5]
Prince Edward Island	5.8 [4.4-7.2]	10.7 [8.5-13.0]	7.6 [6.3-8.9]
Nova Scotia	6.5↓ [4.9-8.1]	15.1 [12.3-17.8]	10.0 [8.4-11.6]
New Brunswick	7.8 [6.2-9.5]	13.1 [10.6-15.5]	10.0 [8.4-11.5]
Quebec	11.6 [9.5-13.6]	18.5↓ [15.7-21.2]	14.5↓ [12.6-16.4]
Ontario	2.9 [1.8-4.0]	8.9 [6.7-11.2]	5.3 [4.0-6.5]
Manitoba	6.8 [5.1-8.5]	11.6 [9.1-14.1]	8.4 [6.9-9.9]
Saskatchewan	9.2 [7.3-11.1]	15.8 [12.9-18.8]	11.7 [9.9-13.5]
Alberta	5.6 [4.1-7.1]	10.2 [7.9-12.6]	7.5↓ [6.0-8.9]
British Columbia	2.7 [1.6-3.9]	5.5↓ [3.9-7.1]	3.8 [2.8-4.8]