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By Margot Shields
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Keywords
- adolescent behaviour
- environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)
- involuntary smoking
- passive smoking
- secondary smoking
- smoking prevalence
- tobacco use
Author
- Margot Shields, Health Analysis and Measurement Group
Statistics Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6
Telephone: (613) 951-4177
Email: Margot.Shields@statcan.ca
Findings
The prevalence of smoking continues to decline in Canada, according to recent results from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS). About 2 in 10 Canadians aged 12 or older — 21.8% or approximately 5.9 million people — were smokers in 2005. [Full text]
The questions
In the 2005, 2003 and 2000/01 Canadian Community Health Survey, respondents were asked, "At the present time, do you smoke cigarettes daily, occasionally or not at all?" [Full text]
Data source
Estimates in this article are based on data from the 2005, 2003 and 2000/01 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), conducted by Statistics Canada. [Full text]
Citation
An electronic version of this article, "An update on smoking from the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey," was released on June 13, 2006 in the online publication Smoking and Diabetes Care: Results from the CCHS Cycle 3.1, 2005, part of the Your Community, Your Health: Findings from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) series. The free publication (Catalogue no. 82-621-XWE2006002) is available at /cgi-bin/IPS/display?cat_num=82-621-X20060029226.
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