Table 2.1.15 Percentage of persons who are smokers, by age group and sex, 1994/95 and 2003

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Table 2.1.15
Percentage of persons who are smokers, by age group and sex, 1994/95 and 2003
	1994/1995					2003
	Age 25 to 54	Age 55 to 64	Age 65 to 74	Age 75 and over	Age 65 and over	Age 25 to 54	Age 55 to 64	Age 65 to 74	Age 75 and over	Age 65 and over
	percent
Total
Daily smoker	29.9	22.5	14.2	8.7	12.2	21.8	16.7	11.3	6.6	9.3
Occasional smoker	5.1	3.9	3.2	1.1	2.4	5.7	2.7	2.1	1.0	1.6
Former smoker	28.6	38.9	45.8	43.2	44.9	40.2	53.0	54.6	53.5	54.1
Never smoked	36.5	34.7	36.8	47.1	40.6	32.4	27.6	32.1	39.0	35.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Women
Daily smoker	27.5	20.2	12.3	7.7	10.5	19.5	16.0	11.0	6.2	8.8
Occasional smoker	4.7	3.1	3.2	0.7	2.2	5.1	2.5	2.0	1.2	1.7
Former smoker	27.8	30.5	33.9	27.9	31.6	39.0	45.9	43.2	40.5	41.9
Never smoked	40.0	46.3	50.5	63.8	55.6	36.5	35.7	43.8	52.1	47.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Men
Daily smoker	32.2	25.1	16.5	10.2	14.4	24.1	17.3	11.7	7.1	9.9
Occasional smoker	5.4	4.9	3.0	1.7	2.6	6.3	2.9	2.1	0.7^E	1.6
Former smoker	29.5	48.6	60.4	66.0	62.3	41.4	60.2	67.3	73.6	69.7
Never smoked	33.0	21.5	20.0	22.2	20.8	28.2	19.6	18.9	18.6	18.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Sources: Statistics Canada, National Population Health Survey 1994/95; and Canadian Community Health Survey, 2003.