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Long-term trends in the prevalence of current smokers - 2004

Long-Term Trends in the Prevalence of Current Smokers

Long-term trends in the prevalence of current smokers

Note 1: SOSIC results are calculated from rebased population estimates and exclude missing values.

Sources: 1999-2004 - Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, Annual Results;
1994/95-1998/99 - National Population Health Survey;
May 1994 - Survey on Smoking in Canada (SOSIC); 1985/91 - General Social Surveys

* Note that this number should not be rounded up to 23%

Both sexes Total 15-19 yrs 20-24 yrs
1985 (%) 35 27 43
1991 (%) 31 23 40
May 1994 (%) 31 27 40
94/95 (%) 31 28 35
96/97 (%) 29 29 35
98/99 (%) 28 28 37
1999 (%) 25 28 35
2000 (%) 24 25 32
2001 (%) 22 22.5* 32
2002 (%) 21 22 31
2003 (%) 21 18 30
2004 (%) 20 18 28