Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) 2008

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CTUMS - 10 Years of Data, 10 Years of Progress

During the past ten years 1999 to 2008, CTUMS has reported a decline in the overall current smoking rate among Canadians aged 15 years and older from 25% in 1999 to 18% in 2008. The population aged 15 years and older increased by about 3.0 million Canadians, the number of current smokers has decreased by about 1.2 million, former smokers increased by 1.7 million and never smokers increased by 2.6 million. Overall, we saw the population increase by about 12% while ever smokers (current and former combined) increased by only 4%.

Smoking Population, Age 15+, Canada, 1999 & 2008

Estimates may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.

Never and Ever Smokers

Current and Former Smokers

Daily and Occasional Smokers

	1999	2008
Total Population	24,260,326	27,281,608
Never Smokers	11,992,942	14,580,534
Ever Smokers	12,267,384	12,701,074
Current Smokers	6,121,992	4,880,488
Former Smokers	6,145,392	7,820,586
Daily Smokers	5,071,670	3,670,767
Occasional Smokers	1,050,322	1,209,721

Current Smoking Prevalence by Age, Canada, 1985-2008

Prevalence, 1985-2001

Prevalence, 2002-2008