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Overview of Historical Data, Wave 1, 1999-2009

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Table 1 - Percentage of current smokers, by age group and sex, age 15+ years, Canada, Wave 1, 1999 to 2009
Table 2 - Percentage of current smokers, by province and age group, age 15+ years, Canada, Wave 1, 1999 to 2009
Table 3 - Percentage of daily smokers, by age group and sex, age 15+ years, Canada, Wave 1, 1999 to 2009
Table 4 - Percentage of daily smokers, by province and age group, age 15+ years, Canada, Wave 1, 1999 to 2009
Table 5 - Percentage of current and daily smokers, by education, age 15+ years, Canada, Wave 1, 1999 to 2009
Table 6 - Average number of cigarettes smoked per day among daily smokers, by age group and sex, age 15+ years, Canada, Wave 1, 1999 to 2009
Table 7 - Percentage of children exposed at home to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS), age 0 to 11 years, by province, Canada, Wave 1, 1999 to 2009
Table 8 - Select CTUMS percentages, age 15+ years, Canada, Wave 1, 1999 to 2009

Table 1 - Percentage of current smokers, by age group and sex, age 15+ years, Canada, Wave 1, 1999 to 2009
Age Group (years)	Sex	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
15+	Both Sexes	25	24	23	21	20	20	20	18	19	18	17
	Male	27	26	25	23	22	23	22	20	21	20	19
	Female	23	22	21	20	18	17	17	15	16	16	16

15-19	Both Sexes	28	26	23	22	18	20	19	16	15	15	14
20-24		34	33	34	31	30	27	27	25	24	28	21
25-34		31	27	26	26	26	26	26	21	22	23	22
35-44		29	30	26	23	23	22	24	18	21	19	18
45-54		23	22	25	23	19	20	22	22	22	18	20
55+		14	16	14	13	12	13	11	11	12	13	12

15-17		23	23	19	19	14	16	16	13	10	10	10
18-19		35	31	30	27	26	26	26	21	23	24	20
20-22		36	35	37	30	29	27	27	25	23	28	20
23-24		31	28	29	33	31	27	27	26	26	27	24
25+		24	23	22	20	19	19	19	17	18	17	17

Table 2 - Percentage of current smokers, by province and age group, age 15+ years, Canada, Wave 1, 1999 to 2009
	Age Group (years)	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution. # High sampling variability - although an estimate may be determined from the table, data should be suppressed.
Newfoundland and Labrador	15+	28	27	22	25	23	22	21	22	22	20	21
	15-19	30	31	24	22	22	22	19	13*	20	14	13*
	20-24	36	42	42	36	32	30	27	33	30	24	33
	25-44	34	32	27	34	28	32	22	28	27	25	27
	45+	20	20	14	16*	17	14	20	18	17	18	17

Prince Edward Island	15+	27	28	28	23	23	21	20	17	18	18	18
	15-19	27	22	24	20	19*	15*	12*	15	#	13*	#
	20-24	40	35	37	32	33	32	31	34	23*	28	19*
	25-44	30	32	34	26	29	27	26	21	20	19	18*
	45+	23	24	21	20	16	16	16	12	17	17	18

Nova Scotia	15+	29	30	24	22	22	20	20	22	20	19	19
	15-19	30	31	27	25	20	20	13*	13	12*	14	14
	20-24	36	35	32	40	29	34	24*	30	30	25	32
	25-44	34	41	30	25	29	24	26	29	25	23	21
	45+	22	20	17	17	16*	14*	17	16	17	17	17

New Brunswick	15+	28	26	26	22	24	24	22	20	20	19	21
	15-19	26	32	26	15*	20	22	17*	17	15*	15	17*
	20-24	39	33	34	28	31	36	27	32	25	30	29
	25-44	32	30	35	31	27	28	29	20	28	25	25
	45+	23	21	18	15	20	19	16	19	15	15	18

Quebec	15+	28	28	26	27	23	22	23	22	20	19	18
	15-19	36	28	32	35	27	26	26	22	19	17	20
	20-24	39	39	33	36	33	32	38	24	30	31	25
	25-44	29	33	33	28	26	27	28	23	23	23	19*
	45+	23	21	17*	23	17	17	17	20	17	14	17

Ontario	15+	24	23	22	19	19	20	19	14	17	17	16
	15-19	24	27	20	18	13*	20	18	14	13*	13*	#
	20-24	30	29	35	29	29	22	20	23	18*	27	#
	25-44	31	25	21	22	22	25	26	16	19*	20	21
	45+	16*	18	21	15	14*	15	15*	11	17	14*	14

Manitoba	15+	23	25	28	22	21	19	21	21	20	19	18
	15-19	30	30	32	17	22	21	16	22	20	13	14*
	20-24	35	33	44	34	32	24	32	39	32	21	26*
	25-44	29	29	32	28	29	23	25	23	23	22	20
	45+	14	19	20	17	12*	15	16	16	16	18	16

Saskatchewan	15+	25	28	26	20	21	21	22	24	25	21	21
	15-19	34	29	31	28	21	23	24	21	19*	24	19*
	20-24	36	33	40	33	36	29	37	36	39	23	29
	25-44	31	40	29	25	23	24	25	28	33	22	28
	45+	16	18	20	11*	17	17	18	20	19	19	16

Alberta	15+	27	23	25	23	21	20	19	21	21	19	18
	15-19	25	17*	19	20	16*	15*	21	14	18	18	#
	20-24	42	34	37	27	36	24	26	31	28	29	27
	25-44	30	29	28	23	26	23	25	26	26	23	19
	45+	21	15*	19	22	13*	18	18	15	15*	14	15

British Columbia	15+	20	20	17	17	16	16	14	14	15	15	15
	15-19	23	20	17	14*	15*	#	#	#	#	16	#
	20-24	26	29	24	28	16*	30	26	18	23*	28	#
	25-44	27	23	18	21	23*	16*	#	#	17*	#	#
	45+	11*	16*	14	13*	12*	13*	10*	14	14*	13	13

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Table 3 - Percentage of daily smokers, by age group and sex, age 15+ years, Canada, Wave 1, 1999 to 2009
Age Group (years)	Sex	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution.
15+	Both Sexes	21	19	19	18	16	15	16	13	15	13	13
	Male	22	21	21	19	17	16	19	15	16	15	14
	Female	19	17	17	16	14	14	14	12	13	11	12

15-19	Both Sexes	20	16	16	16	11	12	13	9	9	8	8
20-24		28	24	24	24	22	19	20	17	15	19	13
25-34		25	21	22	21	20	19	20	14	17	14	17
35-44		25	24	21	18	18	17	21	15	18	17	15
45-54		20	19	21	20	17	17	18	19	18	15	16
55+		12	13	13	12	10	10	9	9	10	9	10

15-17		15	14	13	14	8	8	10	7	6	6	7*
18-19		25	20	21	19	18	17	17	13	15	12	11
20-22		30	27	27	23	23	18	20	18	14	18	11
23-24		24	21	20	25	20	20	21	16	16	20	17
25+		20	19	19	17	16	15	16	14	15	13	14

Table 4 - Percentage of daily smokers, by province and age group, age 15+ years, Canada, Wave 1, 1999 to 2009
	Age Group (years)	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution. # High sampling variability - although an estimate may be determined from the table, data should be suppressed.
Newfoundland and Labrador	15+	24	23	19	22	18	17	17	17	18	16	16
	15-19	23	21	16	18	17*	#	15*	#	14*	#	#
	20-24	29	33	33	34	24	24	25	23	20*	17*	24
	25-44	31	27	24	29	22	22	16*	20	24	22	18
	45+	17	19	13	15*	14*	12	17	15	15	14	15

Prince Edward Island	15+	23	25	23	20	19	17	16	14	15	15	14
	15-19	18*	16*	19	13*	12*	#	#	#	#	#	#
	20-24	33	28	29	26	24	23	24	23	#	19*	#
	25-44	27	30	30	22	25	23	#	18*	17*	17	14*
	45+	19	22	18	18	14*	14	14*	11*	15	14	15

Nova Scotia	15+	24	27	21	19	19	15	16	18	17	16	16
	15-19	19	24	19	18	15*	#	#	#	#	#	#
	20-24	30	28	28	30	23	24	#	19	#	20*	27
	25-44	30	37	28	22	25	20*	21	24	21	19	18*
	45+	18	19	15*	14	14*	11*	14	15	15	15	15

New Brunswick	15+	24	23	23	19	20	19	17	17	17	16	17
	15-19	19	22	20	11	14*	16*	#	#	#	13*	#
	20-24	33	26	26	24	25	25	18	25	21	23	24
	25-44	26	27	32	28	23	24	24	17	24	20	22
	45+	20	19	16	13*	18	16	13*	16	13	13	15

Quebec	15+	23	23	22	23	18	16	19	18	15	15	14
	15-19	24	19	20*	28	16*	15*	18	13*	#	#	12
	20-24	32	30	24	29*	25	21	28	19	15*	21	16*
	25-44	25	27	29	23	20	18	24	18*	18*	18	#
	45+	20	19	16*	22	15	13*	15	18	14	13	14

Ontario	15+	20	16	17	15	14	14	16	10	14	12	12
	15-19	18*	15*	14*	11	#	#	#	#	#	#	#
	20-24	26	20	24	22	21*	#	#	15*	#	18*	#
	25-44	25	18*	17*	18	17*	18*	22	#	#	#	#
	45+	14*	13*	18*	12	12*	#	#	#	14*	#	11

Manitoba	15+	18	21	22	19	16	15	17	15	16	14	13
	15-19	22	21	24	13*	15	17*	#	12*	12	#	#
	20-24	27	27	33	25	24	19*	26	29	23*	16	#
	25-44	22	25	26	24	24	17	21	16	18	17	15*
	45+	12*	17	16	15*	9*	12*	14	13	14	14	12

Saskatchewan	15+	19	25	20	15	17	17	17	20	20	16	17
	15-19	23	24	20	19	16	#	17*	15*	#	13*	#
	20-24	31	29	31	24*	27	22	29	28	23	17	14*
	25-44	23	36	23	19	19*	19	21	23	25	17*	24
	45+	13*	16	16	9*	15*	15	13	17	17	16	13

Alberta	15+	22	20	21	19	16	18	16	15	16	16	14
	15-19	20	14*	15	18	#	#	16	#	14*	12*	#
	20-24	32	27	26	19*	25	19	18	21	20*	21*	20*
	25-44	25	26	24	19*	23	21	20	19	21	20	16*
	45+	18	14*	17	19*	#	16	11	11*	12*	12	12

British Columbia	15+	16	15	13	13	12	12	10	11	12	10	12
	15-19	15	14*	11*	#	11*	#	#	#	#	#	#
	20-24	19	20*	16*	18*	#	#	20*	#	#	#	#
	25-44	23	16*	15*	15*	15*	#	#	#	#	#	#
	45+	10*	13*	12*	11*	#	12*	#	12	11*	10*	10*

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Table 5 - Percentage of current and daily smokers, by education, age 15+ years, Canada, Wave 1, 1999 to 2009
	Educational Level	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution.
Current smokers	Secondary	30	31	27	25	22	20	22	20	18	20	23
	Completed Secondary	27	25	26	25	23	22	24	23	22	22	24
	Completed College	22	23	23	18	20	23	18	16	19	19	13
	Completed University	18	15	13	13	14	15	12	10	13	11	10

Daily smokers	Secondary	26	25	23	22	18	17	20	15	15	15	18
	Completed Secondary	22	21	21	20	19	18	20	18	17	16	19
	Completed College	19	17	19	14	15	16	16	13	16	15	10
	Completed University	13	10	10	9	9	8*	8	7	10	7*	6

Table 6 - Average number of cigarettes smoked per day among daily smokers, by age group and sex, age 15+ years, Canada, Wave 1, 1999 to 2009
Age Group (years)	Sex	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
15+	Both Sexes	17.0	16.9	16.1	16.4	15.7	15.3	15.7	15.4	15.3	15.0	13.4
	Male	17.8	18.5	17.5	17.7	17.8	16.9	16.7	16.6	17.6	16.5	14.3
	Female	16.1	15.0	14.4	14.9	13.2	13.3	14.3	13.9	12.7	13.1	12.3

15-19	Both Sexes	12.8	12.3	12.4	12.5	12.2	11.8	9.6	12.0	12.3	11.3	10.9
20-24		14.4	13.3	13.5	14.0	13.2	12.5	13.5	13.0	12.6	13.8	12.1
25-34		16.3	17.0	14.6	14.8	13.7	12.5	15.1	14.0	14.4	12.6	11.5
35-44		19.4	17.7	17.6	17.7	14.5	16.4	16.5	14.8	15.1	15.8	12.4
45-54		18.0	19.3	16.9	18.5	18.2	18.3	18.6	18.1	16.7	14.7	15.7
55+		16.6	17.5	18.0	17.1	19.9	16.6	15.0	15.7	16.7	18.1	14.7

15-17		11.4	11.0	11.4	11.6	11.1	9.9	8.2	11.8	10.7	10.1	11.1
18-19		14.0	13.8	13.4	13.5	13.0	13.3	10.9	12.1	13.1	12.1	10.6
20-22		15.1	13.4	13.5	13.4	13.6	12.5	13.5	13.0	11.9	13.6	12.5
23-24		13.2	13.2	13.6	15.0	12.4	12.4	13.5	12.9	13.4	14.1	11.8
25+		17.7	17.8	16.8	17.0	16.3	15.9	16.4	15.9	15.8	15.4	13.6

Table 7 - Percentage of children exposed at home to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS), age 0 to 11 years, by province, Canada, Wave 1, 1999 to 2009
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
# High sampling variability - although an estimate may be determined from the table, data should be suppressed.
Canada	25	24	21	18	13	12	10	10	7	6	5
Newfoundland and Labrador	32	26	24	24	15	12	10	9	6	7	4
Prince Edward Island	31	27	28	19	18	14	13	9	8	7	5
Nova Scotia	33	27	25	22	17	15	13	13	7	7	6
New Brunswick	25	27	24	18	16	17	11	10	9	9	5
Quebec	37	36	29	28	21	22	19	19	12	12	11
Ontario	20	20	17	13	9	8	6	6	5	4	#
Manitoba	23	27	23	21	17	16	12	12	6	9	7
Saskatchewan	29	33	27	18	14	18	12	13	9	10	12
Alberta	28	20	21	15	11	10	9	8	7	8	5
British Columbia	13	15	11	9	6	6	3	4	3	3	#

Table 8 - Select CTUMS percentages, age 15+ years, Canada, Wave 1, 1999 to 2009
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
n/a - not asked in the survey § - Women age 20-44 years who were pregnant in the last 5 years * Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution.
Smoking status:
Current smokers	25	24	23	21	20	20	20	18	19	18	17
Daily smokers	21	19	19	18	16	15	16	14	15	13	13
Nondaily smokers	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4
Former smokers	26	25	25	24	25	26	29	27	29	28	27
Never smokers	49	50	53	54	55	54	52	56	52	54	55
Ever smokers	51	50	47	46	45	46	48	44	48	46	45

Quit attempts:
Attempted to quit past 12 months, daily smokers	n/a	46	56	45	70	47	50	49	48	50	47

Smoking behaviour:
Smoked during first 5 min after waking, daily smokers	n/a	27	20	25	28	23	28	24	24	23	21
Smoked during first 30 min after waking, daily smokers	n/a	55	56	59	58	57	59	54	60	55	50

Children exposed to ETS:
Children age 0 to 11 years regularly exposed to ETS at home	25	24	21	18	13	12	10	10	7	6	5
Children age 12 to 17 years regularly exposed to ETS at home	32	31	28	24	20	20	17	15	13	12	10
Children age 0 to 17 years regularly exposed to ETS at home	28	27	23	20	16	15	12	12	9	9	7

Smoking and pregnancy§:
Smoked regularly during most recent pregnancy	n/a	n/a	n/a	12	10	4*	11*	9*	8*	9*	7*
Spouse smoked regularly during most recent pregnancy	n/a	n/a	n/a	14	11	6*	8*	9*	4*	5*	4*

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