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Tobacco Control Directorate, Supplementary Tables, CTUMS Wave 1, 2009

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(February - June 2009)

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Table 1. Smoking status and average number of cigarettes smoked per day, by age group and sex, age 15+ years, Canada, Wave 1, 2009

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 - June 2009
Total All age groups 27,572 17.3
[15.8-18.8]		 13.2
[11.9-14.6]		 4.1
[3.2-4.9]		 27.2
[25.6-28.9]		 55.5↓
[53.6-57.3]		 13.3
[12.6-14.1]
Male 13,602 18.9
[16.6-21.2]		 14.5↓
[12.3-16.6]		 4.5↓
[3.3-5.6]		 30.8
[28.4-33.3]		 50.2
[47.6-52.9]		 14.3
[13.2-15.4]
Female 13,970 15.7
[13.7-17.6]		 12.0
[10.2-13.8]		 3.7
[2.6-4.8]		 23.7
[21.5-26.0]		 60.6
[57.9-63.3]		 12.3
[11.0-13.5]
 
Both sexes 15-17 1,394 10.0
[7.4-12.6]		 6.8*
[4.3-9.3]		 3.2*
[2.1-4.3]		 # 89.1
[86.4-91.8]		 11.1
[8.3-13.9]
18-19 812 20.2
[15.9-24.5]		 11.3
[8.1-14.5]		 8.9*
[5.6-12.1]		 3.9*
[1.7-6.1]		 75.9
[71.4-80.4]		 10.6
[9.0-12.1]
15-19 2,206 13.8
[11.4-16.2]		 8.5↓
[6.5-10.5]		 5.3
[3.8-6.7]		 2.0*
[1.1-2.9]		 84.2
[81.7-86.7]		 10.9
[9.2-12.5]
20-22 1,448 20.1
[16.9-23.3]		 11.5↓
[9.1-13.8]		 8.7
[6.0-11.3]		 5.0*
[2.9-7.2]		 74.8
[71.1-78.5]		 12.5
[9.7-15.2]
23-24 823 23.6
[18.3-28.9]		 17.0
[12.1-21.9]		 6.6*
[3.4-9.8]		 9.1*
[5.0-13.2]		 67.3
[61.2-73.5]		 11.8
[10.1-13.4]
20-24 2,270 21.4
[18.6-24.2]		 13.5↓
[11.2-15.8]		 7.9
[5.9-10.0]		 6.5↑
[4.4-8.6]		 72.1
[68.8-75.4]		 12.1
[10.5-13.7]
25-34 4,605 22.0
[16.9-27.1]		 16.8
[12.1-21.5]		 5.2*
[2.4-8.1]		 15.0
[11.1-18.8]		 63.1
[56.9-69.2]		 11.5
[10.0-13.0]
35-44 4,803 18.4
[14.2-22.5]		 15.1
[11.1-19.0]		 3.3*
[1.6-5.0]		 24.9
[20.5-29.4]		 56.7
[51.7-61.8]		 12.4
[10.6-14.1]
45-54 5,292 19.8
[15.9-23.7]		 16.0
[12.5-19.6]		 3.8*
[1.8-5.8]		 32.3
[28.5-36.2]		 47.9
[43.7-52.1]		 15.7
[14.1-17.3]
55+ 8,396 12.3
[10.2-14.3]		 9.6
[7.8-11.4]		 2.7*
[1.3-4.0]		 44.4
[40.8-48.0]		 43.4
[39.7-47.0]		 14.7
[12.8-16.6]
25+ 23,096 17.2
[15.4-19.0]		 13.6
[12.0-15.2]		 3.6
[2.6-4.6]		 31.7
[29.7-33.6]		 51.1
[48.9-53.3]		 13.6
[12.8-14.5]
Male 15-17 727 10.9*
[7.3-14.6]		 7.2*
[3.8-10.6]		 3.7*
[2.0-5.5]		 # 88.2
[84.5-91.9]		 12.1*
[8.0-16.3]
18-19 403 24.1
[17.3-30.9]		 12.7*
[7.8-17.6]		 11.4*
[5.9-16.9]		 # 71.2
[64.0-78.3]		 10.9
[8.6-13.2]
15-19 1,130 15.6
[12.0-19.3]		 9.1
[6.2-12.0]		 6.5* ↓
[4.0-8.9]		 # 82.2
[78.4-85.9]		 11.6
[9.1-14.1]
20-22 773 23.5↑
[18.1-28.9]		 13.4
[9.8-17.0]		 10.1*
[5.8-14.5]		 # 70.9
[65.2-76.7]		 13.6
[9.5-17.7]
23-24 385 27.0
[18.8-35.1]		 20.3*
[12.3-28.4]		 # # 63.7
[55.1-72.4]		 13.6
[11.6-15.6]
20-24 1,158 24.7
[20.1-29.3]		 15.7
[11.9-19.5]		 9.0*
[5.8-12.2]		 6.8*
[3.8-9.8]		 68.6
[63.6-73.5]		 13.6
[11.4-15.8]
25-34 2,318 25.2*
[16.4-34.1]		 19.3*
[10.9-27.6]		 # 13.1*
[7.8-18.3]		 61.7
[51.8-71.6]		 12.2
[10.1-14.3]
35-44 2,408 18.9
[12.9-24.9]		 15.6*
[9.7-21.6]		 # 30.8
[23.4-38.2]		 50.2
[42.5-58.0]		 12.3
[9.8-14.9]
45-54 2,639 22.2
[16.7-27.7]		 17.8
[13.0-22.6]		 # 36.1
[29.7-42.5]		 41.7
[35.2-48.2]		 16.7
[14.4-18.9]
55+ 3,948 12.3
[9.3-15.4]		 9.9
[7.2-12.7]		 # 53.0
[48.2-57.8]		 34.7
[30.1-39.3]		 16.5
[13.7-19.2]
25+ 11,313 18.7
[15.9-21.4]		 14.9
[12.3-17.5]		 3.8*
[2.4-5.2]		 36.2
[33.2-39.1]		 45.2
[42.0-48.3]		 14.5
[13.3-15.7]
Female 15-17 667 9.0*
[5.5-12.5]		 6.4*
[3.1-9.8]		 # # 90.1
[86.4-93.7]		 9.7*
[6.3-13.1]
18-19 409 16.4*
[11.0-21.8]		 10.0*
[6.0-14.0]		 # # 80.5↓
[74.8-86.2]		 10.2
[8.2-12.3]
15-19 1,076 11.8
[8.9-14.7]		 7.8
[5.3-10.3]		 4.0*
[2.2-5.8]		 # 86.4
[83.3-89.5]		 10.0
[8.0-11.9]
20-22 674 16.2
[11.9-20.5]		 9.3*
[6.0-12.6]		 6.9*
[3.8-10.1]		 4.5* ↑
[1.6-7.4]		 79.3
[74.2-84.3]		 10.4
[8.1-12.7]
23-24 438 20.7*
[13.8-27.5]		 14.1*
[8.5-19.6]		 # 8.9*
[3.2-14.6]		 70.4
[61.8-79.0]		 9.4
[7.3-11.6]
20-24 1,112 18.0
[14.2-21.7]		 11.2
[8.2-14.1]		 6.8*
[4.1-9.5]		 6.2*
[3.4-9.0]		 75.8
[71.0-80.6]		 9.8
[8.3-11.4]
25-34 2,287 18.7
[13.1-24.4]		 14.3*
[9.1-19.4]		 # 16.9
[11.4-22.3]		 64.4
[57.0-71.8]		 10.6
[8.1-13.1]
35-44 2,395 17.8
[12.3-23.3]		 14.5* ↓
[9.4-19.6]		 # 19.0
[13.9-24.1]		 63.2
[56.3-70.1]		 12.4
[9.8-14.9]
45-54 2,653 17.5↑
[12.4-22.6]		 14.3*
[9.5-19.1]		 # 28.5↑
[23.6-33.4]		 54.0
[48.0-60.0]		 14.3
[12.0-16.7]
55+ 4,448 12.2
[9.1-15.3]		 9.3
[6.7-11.9]		 # 36.7
[31.4-42.0]		 51.1
[45.7-56.5]		 13.0
[10.5-15.5]
25+ 11,782 15.8
[13.5-18.1]		 12.4
[10.3-14.5]		 3.4*
[2.1-4.6]		 27.4
[24.7-30.1]		 56.8
[53.6-60.0]		 12.6
[11.2-13.9]

Table 2. Description of the sample size represented, age 15+ years, Canada, Wave 1, 2009

  Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Canada

Source: Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, February - June 2009
Male 392 424 419 420 456 415 422 383 460 361 4,152
Female 484 472 555 527 555 445 530 469 441 398 4,876
15-19 224 234 266 238 293 232 261 212 221 185 2,366
20-24 172 146 185 194 195 164 179 177 174 135 1,721
25-34 73 60 72 73 88 61 81 74 86 56 724
35-44 102 101 91 107 87 95 100 81 103 86 953
45-54 107 109 124 121 136 112 106 95 149 102 1,161
55+ 198 246 236 214 212 196 225 213 168 195 2,103
Total 876 896 974 947 1,011 860 952 852 901 759 9,028

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Date Modified: 2010-02-09

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