Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS): 2021 detailed tables

Table 1: Smoking status, by age group and gender, 2021
Gender	Age group (years)	Population estimate ('000)	Current smoking (%)	Daily smoking (%)	Occasional smoking (%)	Former smoking (%)	Never smoking (%)
All genders	All age groups	30,866	10.2 [9.4-11.0]	7.8 [7.0-8.5]	2.5^{Table 1 footnote ↓} [2.0-2.9]	22.7 [21.6-23.7]	67.1 [65.9-68.3]
Men		15,177	11.8 [10.5-13.0]	8.7 [7.6-9.9]	3.0 [2.3-3.7]	23.2 [21.6-24.9]	65.0 [63.1-66.9]
Women		15,576	8.5^{Table 1 footnote ↑} [7.5-9.5]	6.6 [5.7-7.5]	1.9 [1.4-2.4]	21.9 [20.4-23.4]	69.6 [68.0-71.3]
All genders	15-19	2,064	3.3 [2.4-4.2]	1.1 [0.6-1.6]	2.2 [1.5-2.9]	1.0 [0.5-1.4]	95.8 [94.8-96.8]
	20-24	2,404	9.8 [8.5-11.2]	4.9 [3.9-5.9]	4.9 [4.0-5.9]	6.2 [5.1-7.3]	83.9 [82.3-85.6]
	25+	26,397	10.8 [9.9-11.7]	8.5^{Table 1 footnote ↑} [7.7-9.4]	2.3 [1.8-2.7]	25.9 [24.6-27.1]	63.3 [61.9-64.8]
	25-44	10,077	11.3 [9.6-13.1]	7.9 [6.4-9.4]	3.4 [2.4-4.5]	16.3 [14.4-18.3]	72.3 [69.9-74.8]
	45+	16,320	10.4 [9.4-11.5]	8.9 [8.0-9.9]	1.5^{Table 1 footnote ↑} [1.1-2.0]	31.8 [30.2-33.3]	57.8 [56.1-59.5]
Men	15-19	1,050	3.8 [2.4-5.2]	1.4 [0.6-2.2]	2.4 [1.3-3.5]	1.0 [0.4-1.6]	95.2 [93.7-96.7]
	20-24	1,248	13.2 [11.0-15.4]	6.5^{Table 1 footnote ↓} [4.9-8.1]	6.7 [5.1-8.3]	6.5^{Table 1 footnote ↓} [4.9-8.1]	80.3 [77.8-82.9]
	25+	12,879	12.3 [10.8-13.8]	9.6 [8.2-10.9]	2.7 [1.9-3.5]	26.7 [24.8-28.6]	61.1 [58.9-63.3]
	25-44	5,026	14.2 [11.3-17.0]	10.2 [7.8-12.6]	4.0 [2.3-5.7]	16.6 [13.7-19.6]	69.2 [65.4-73.0]
	45+	7,853	11.1 [9.5-12.6]	9.1 [7.7-10.6]	1.9 [1.2-2.7]	33.1 [30.7-35.5]	55.9 [53.3-58.4]
Women	15-19	1,009	2.7 [1.6-3.8]	^{Table 1 footnote #}	1.9 [1.0-2.8]	^{Table 1 footnote #}	96.4 [95.1-97.7]
	20-24	1,154	6.1 [4.6-7.6]	3.1 [2.0-4.2]	3.0 [2.0-4.0]	5.9 [4.5-7.4]	87.9 [86.0-89.9]
	25+	13,413	9.2 [8.0-10.3]	7.4 [6.3-8.4]	1.8 [1.3-2.4]	24.8 [23.1-26.5]	66.0 [64.1-67.9]
	25-44	5,006	8.6 [6.5-10.6]	5.6 [4.0-7.3]	2.9 [1.8-4.1]	15.3 [12.7-17.9]	76.1 [73.0-79.3]
	45+	8,407	9.5^{Table 1 footnote ↑} [8.1-11.0]	8.4 [7.0-9.7]	1.1 [0.6-1.7]	30.5^{Table 1 footnote ↓} [28.3-32.7]	60.0 [57.6-62.4]
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 1 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 1 footnote # referrer Table 1 footnote ↑ Rounds up to whole number. Return to table 1 footnote ↑ referrer Table 1 footnote ↓ Rounds down to whole number. Return to table 1 footnote ↓ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 2: Smoking status, by province and age group, 2021
Age group (years)	Canada (%)	NL (%)	PE (%)	NS (%)	NB (%)	QC (%)	ON (%)	MB (%)	SK (%)	AB (%)	BC (%)
Current smoking
Total	10.2 [9.4-11.0]	9.0 [4.7-13.3]	8.9 [5.4-12.5]	12.6 [9.0-16.3]	8.4 [4.5-12.4]	12.3 [10.5-14.0]	9.6 [8.2-11.0]	12.8 [9.2-16.4]	10.1 [6.4-13.7]	8.2 [6.0-10.3]	9.5^{Table 2 footnote ↑} [7.3-11.8]
15-19	3.3 [2.4-4.2]	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	3.9 [2.0-5.8]	2.1 [0.8-3.4]	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	6.2 [2.7-9.7]	^{Table 2 footnote #}
20-24	9.8 [8.5-11.2]	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	20.7 [12.3-29.1]	^{Table 2 footnote #}	14.3 [11.4-17.3]	8.2 [6.0-10.4]	12.4 [6.5-18.3]	13.8 [7.8-19.8]	5.4 [2.8-8.1]	9.3 [5.6-13.0]
25+	10.8 [9.9-11.7]	10.0 [5.1-14.8]	9.3 [5.1-13.5]	12.7 [8.6-16.9]	8.6 [4.1-13.1]	12.7 [10.7-14.7]	10.4 [8.8-12.0]	13.6 [9.4-17.9]	10.2 [6.0-14.5]	8.6 [6.1-11.1]	10.0 [7.4-12.7]
25-44	11.3 [9.6-13.1]	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	14.2 [10.2-18.1]	11.5^{Table 2 footnote ↑} [8.5-14.5]	10.4 [3.8-16.9]	^{Table 2 footnote #}	10.1 [5.8-14.4]	9.1 [4.8-13.4]
45+	10.4 [9.4-11.5]	9.1 [4.0-14.2]	11.1 [5.6-16.6]	15.4 [10.1-20.8]	5.0 [2.1-8.0]	11.9 [9.6-14.1]	9.7 [7.8-11.5]	15.8 [10.0-21.5]	13.2 [7.1-19.2]	7.5^{Table 2 footnote ↓} [4.6-10.4]	10.6 [7.1-14.1]
Former smoking
Total	22.7 [21.6-23.7]	36.0 [29.1-42.9]	32.0 [26.2-37.8]	26.1 [21.4-30.7]	34.9 [28.5-41.3]	26.5^{Table 2 footnote ↑} [24.4-28.6]	20.4 [18.6-22.3]	18.9 [14.7-23.2]	25.2 [19.5-31.0]	22.5^{Table 2 footnote ↑} [19.2-25.9]	19.0 [16.1-21.9]
15-19	1.0 [0.5-1.4]	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}
20-24	6.2 [5.1-7.3]	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	9.7 [4.1-15.4]	^{Table 2 footnote #}	7.7 [5.5-9.9]	5.3 [3.3-7.2]	^{Table 2 footnote #}	^{Table 2 footnote #}	5.7 [3.1-8.3]	5.8 [2.8-8.8]
25+	25.9 [24.6-27.1]	39.7 [31.9-47.5]	37.2 [30.3-44.1]	29.1 [23.8-34.4]	39.0 [31.7-46.3]	29.8 [27.4-32.2]	23.6 [21.4-25.7]	21.9 [16.9-26.9]	29.0 [22.2-35.8]	25.9 [22.0-29.8]	21.4 [18.0-24.8]
25-44	16.3 [14.4-18.3]	26.7^{Table 2 footnote *} [12.4-40.9]	27.0^{Table 2 footnote *} [14.4-39.7]	19.4^{Table 2 footnote *} [9.9-28.9]	23.8^{Table 2 footnote *} [11.4-36.2]	16.7 [13.0-20.4]	15.0 [11.7-18.4]	10.1 [3.9-16.4]	25.0^{Table 2 footnote *} [13.6-36.5]	19.5^{Table 2 footnote ↓} [13.5-25.4]	13.6 [8.5-18.8]
45+	31.8 [30.2-33.3]	44.9 [35.8-53.9]	41.5^{Table 2 footnote ↓} [33.0-50.0]	34.1 [27.5-40.8]	44.9 [36.6-53.2]	37.2 [34.0-40.4]	29.0 [26.3-31.8]	29.6 [22.4-36.7]	31.8 [23.6-40.0]	30.8 [25.5-36.2]	26.3 [21.9-30.7]
Never smoking
Total	67.1 [65.9-68.3]	55.0 [47.8-62.2]	59.1 [53.2-64.9]	61.3 [56.0-66.6]	56.7 [50.2-63.1]	61.2 [58.9-63.6]	70.0 [67.8-72.1]	68.3 [63.3-73.3]	64.7 [58.5-70.8]	69.3 [65.6-72.9]	71.5^{Table 2 footnote ↓} [68.0-75.0]
15-19	95.8 [94.8-96.8]	94.4^{Table 2 footnote *} [89.1-99.7]	94.8^{Table 2 footnote *} [89.5-100.1]	^{Table 2 footnote #}	91.3^{Table 2 footnote *} [84.8-97.8]	95.9 [93.9-97.8]	97.1 [95.6-98.6]	96.0 [91.6-100.3]	94.5^{Table 2 footnote ↓} [89.6-99.3]	92.2 [88.3-96.1]	95.3 [92.6-97.9]
20-24	83.9 [82.3-85.6]	86.3^{Table 2 footnote *} [77.8-94.7]	85.0 [77.4-92.5]	69.6 [60.5-78.7]	80.1 [71.0-89.1]	78.0 [74.5-81.5]	86.6 [83.8-89.3]	81.9 [75.2-88.7]	79.2 [72.1-86.3]	88.9 [85.3-92.4]	84.9 [80.4-89.4]
25+	63.3 [61.9-64.8]	50.3 [42.1-58.5]	53.5^{Table 2 footnote ↓} [46.6-60.4]	58.2 [52.1-64.2]	52.4 [45.1-59.8]	57.5^{Table 2 footnote ↓} [54.8-60.2]	66.0 [63.6-68.5]	64.4 [58.5-70.4]	60.7 [53.5-68.0]	65.5^{Table 2 footnote ↓} [61.2-69.7]	68.5^{Table 2 footnote ↑} [64.5-72.6]
25-44	72.3 [69.9-74.8]	61.2^{Table 2 footnote *} [45.1-77.2]	67.7^{Table 2 footnote *} [54.6-80.8]	73.0^{Table 2 footnote *} [62.4-83.6]	58.6^{Table 2 footnote *} [43.4-73.8]	69.2 [64.2-74.1]	73.5^{Table 2 footnote ↓} [69.2-77.7]	79.5^{Table 2 footnote ↓} [71.1-87.9]	68.9^{Table 2 footnote *} [56.7-81.0]	70.5^{Table 2 footnote ↓} [63.8-77.1]	77.3 [70.9-83.6]
45+	57.8 [56.1-59.5]	46.0 [36.9-55.1]	47.4 [39.1-55.8]	50.4 [43.1-57.7]	50.0 [41.8-58.2]	51.0 [47.6-54.3]	61.3 [58.3-64.3]	54.7 [46.8-62.6]	55.0 [45.9-64.1]	61.7 [56.0-67.3]	63.1 [58.0-68.3]
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 2 footnote * Quality warning: interpret with caution. The 95% confidence interval should be used to assess the quality of the estimate. Return to table 2 footnote * referrer Table 2 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 2 footnote # referrer Table 2 footnote ↑ Rounds up to whole number. Return to table 2 footnote ↑ referrer Table 2 footnote ↓ Rounds down to whole number. Return to table 2 footnote ↓ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 3: Number of times attempted to quit smoking in the past 12 months among those who reported daily smoking, by age group, 2021
Age group (years)	Population estimate ('000)	Zero (%)	One time (%)	Two to three times (%)	Four or more times (%)
Total	2,386	61.7 [56.9-66.4]	13.8 [10.4-17.2]	13.1 [9.8-16.4]	11.4 [8.1-14.7]
15-19	^{Table 3 footnote #}	^{Table 3 footnote #}	^{Table 3 footnote #}	^{Table 3 footnote #}	^{Table 3 footnote #}
20-24	118	51.5^{Table 3 footnote ↓} [41.0-62.0]	9.4 [4.0-14.7]	20.7 [12.5-29.0]	18.4 [10.1-26.7]
25+	2,245	62.2 [57.2-67.2]	14.0 [10.4-17.6]	12.8 [9.3-16.2]	11.0 [7.5-14.5]
25-44	795	55.6 [46.2-64.9]	19.1 [11.5-26.6]	11.5^{Table 3 footnote ↓} [4.8-18.1]	13.9 [6.0-21.8]
45+	1,451	65.9 [60.1-71.7]	11.2 [7.5-15.0]	13.5^{Table 3 footnote ↓} [9.5-17.5]	9.4 [5.8-13.0]
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 3 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 3 footnote # referrer Table 3 footnote ↓ Rounds down to whole number. Return to table 3 footnote ↓ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 4: Quit methods used by those who reported current smoking or quitting smoking within the past 12 months who made a quit attempt in the past 12 months, by age group, 2021
Age group (years)	Switched to vaping (%)	Used nicotine replacement products (%)	Made deal with a friend/family member (%)	Reduced number of cigarettes you smoked (%)	Used a smart phone app (%)	Tried to quit smoking on your own (%)	Tried medication (e.g., Zyban, Wellbutrin, Champix) (%)	Other (%)
Total	24.3 [18.9-29.6]	27.7 [21.9-33.4]	12.5^{Table 4 footnote ↑} [7.6-17.5]	51.4 [45.0-57.8]	4.2 [1.3-7.0]	64.4 [57.8-71.0]	6.4 [3.4-9.4]	20.8 [15.6-26.0]
15-19	^{Table 4 footnote #}	^{Table 4 footnote #}	^{Table 4 footnote #}	^{Table 4 footnote #}	^{Table 4 footnote #}	^{Table 4 footnote #}	^{Table 4 footnote #}	^{Table 4 footnote #}
20-24	54.1 [44.8-63.5]	21.5^{Table 4 footnote ↑} [13.4-29.7]	16.7 [9.5-23.9]	40.2 [30.5-49.9]	^{Table 4 footnote #}	74.7 [66.6-82.7]	^{Table 4 footnote #}	15.1 [8.4-21.7]
25+	20.1 [14.3-25.8]	28.6 [22.1-35.2]	12.1 [6.5-17.6]	52.7 [45.6-59.9]	^{Table 4 footnote #}	63.0 [55.6-70.4]	7.2 [3.8-10.7]	21.8 [16.0-27.6]
25-44	26.1 [16.1-36.2]	21.7 [11.9-31.6]	20.4 [9.9-30.9]	63.7 [52.4-75.0]	^{Table 4 footnote #}	67.0 [55.7-78.3]	^{Table 4 footnote #}	17.7 [9.2-26.2]
45+	14.2 [8.2-20.2]	35.1 [26.3-43.8]	^{Table 4 footnote #}	42.1 [33.4-50.8]	^{Table 4 footnote #}	59.1 [49.9-68.4]	9.0 [4.2-13.8]	25.7 [18.0-33.4]
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 4 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 4 footnote # referrer Table 4 footnote ↑ Rounds up to whole number. Return to table 4 footnote ↑ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 5: Past-30-day use of individual tobacco products and vaping^{Table 5 footnote 1}, by age group and gender, 2021
Gender	Age group (years)	Any tobacco product^{Table 5 footnote 2} (%)	Cigarettes (%)	Cigars (%)	Little cigars or cigarillos (%)	Pipe (%)	Chewing tobacco (%)	Water-pipe w/ tobacco (%)	Vaping (%)
All genders	All age groups	11.9 [11.0-12.7]	10.2 [9.4-11.0]	1.0 [0.8-1.3]	1.6 [1.3-1.9]	0.3 [0.2-0.5]	0.4 [0.3-0.6]	0.4 [0.2-0.6]	5.2 [4.7-5.8]
Men		14.5^{Table 5 footnote ↑} [13.1-15.9]	11.8 [10.5-13.0]	1.7 [1.3-2.2]	2.3 [1.7-2.9]	0.5^{Table 5 footnote ↑} [0.3-0.8]	0.8 [0.5-1.1]	0.6 [0.3-0.9]	5.7 [4.9-6.5]
Women		9.1 [8.1-10.1]	8.5^{Table 5 footnote ↑} [7.5-9.5]	0.2 [0.1-0.4]	0.8 [0.5-1.2]	0.1 [0.0-0.2]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	0.2 [0.1-0.3]	4.5^{Table 5 footnote ↑} [3.8-5.2]
All genders	15-19	5.3 [4.2-6.5]	3.3 [2.4-4.2]	1.2 [0.6-1.8]	2.0 [1.3-2.6]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	0.6 [0.2-1.0]	0.8 [0.4-1.2]	12.7 [11.1-14.4]
	20-24	12.7 [11.2-14.2]	9.8 [8.5-11.2]	1.8 [1.2-2.4]	2.3 [1.6-3.0]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	1.0 [0.6-1.4]	1.6 [1.0-2.3]	17.2 [15.5-18.9]
	25+	12.3 [11.3-13.3]	10.8 [9.9-11.7]	0.9 [0.6-1.2]	1.5^{Table 5 footnote ↑} [1.1-1.9]	0.3 [0.2-0.5]	0.4 [0.2-0.6]	0.3 [0.1-0.4]	3.6 [3.0-4.2]
	25-44	13.6 [11.7-15.5]	11.3 [9.6-13.1]	1.4 [0.8-2.0]	2.2 [1.4-3.1]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	^{Table 5 footnote #}	0.6 [0.2-1.1]	6.1 [4.7-7.5]
	45+	11.5^{Table 5 footnote ↑} [10.4-12.6]	10.4 [9.4-11.5]	0.6 [0.4-0.9]	1.0 [0.7-1.4]	0.3 [0.1-0.5]	0.3 [0.1-0.6]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	2.0 [1.5-2.5]
Men	15-19	5.9 [4.2-7.6]	3.8 [2.4-5.2]	1.7 [0.7-2.6]	2.4 [1.3-3.5]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	^{Table 5 footnote #}	^{Table 5 footnote #}	12.2 [9.9-14.6]
	20-24	17.2 [14.7-19.6]	13.2 [11.0-15.4]	3.1 [1.9-4.2]	3.6 [2.4-4.8]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	1.8 [1.0-2.6]	1.9 [1.0-2.7]	20.0 [17.4-22.6]
	25+	15.0 [13.4-16.6]	12.3 [10.8-13.8]	1.6 [1.1-2.2]	2.2 [1.5-2.9]	0.5^{Table 5 footnote ↑} [0.2-0.8]	0.7 [0.3-1.1]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	3.8 [2.9-4.7]
	25-44	18.3 [15.1-21.5]	14.2 [11.3-17.0]	2.4 [1.2-3.6]	3.0 [1.6-4.5]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	^{Table 5 footnote #}	^{Table 5 footnote #}	6.5^{Table 5 footnote ↑} [4.5-8.6]
	45+	12.9 [11.2-14.6]	11.1 [9.5-12.6]	1.1 [0.6-1.6]	1.6 [0.9-2.3]	0.6 [0.2-1.0]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	^{Table 5 footnote #}	2.0 [1.3-2.8]
Women	15-19	4.6 [3.2-6.0]	2.7 [1.6-3.8]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	1.4 [0.6-2.1]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	^{Table 5 footnote #}	^{Table 5 footnote #}	13.0 [10.7-15.3]
	20-24	7.7 [6.0-9.4]	6.1 [4.6-7.6]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	0.8 [0.3-1.4]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	^{Table 5 footnote #}	1.4 [0.6-2.2]	14.0 [11.9-16.2]
	25+	9.5^{Table 5 footnote ↑} [8.4-10.7]	9.2 [8.0-10.3]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	0.8 [0.4-1.2]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	^{Table 5 footnote #}	^{Table 5 footnote #}	3.1 [2.3-3.8]
	25-44	8.9 [6.9-11.0]	8.6 [6.5-10.6]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	1.4 [0.6-2.3]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	^{Table 5 footnote #}	^{Table 5 footnote #}	5.3 [3.6-7.1]
	45+	9.9 [8.4-11.4]	9.5^{Table 5 footnote ↑} [8.1-11.0]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	0.4 [0.1-0.7]	^{Table 5 footnote #}	^{Table 5 footnote #}	^{Table 5 footnote #}	1.7 [1.1-2.3]
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 5 footnote 1 Vaping e-liquid with nicotine and/or without nicotine (i.e. just flavouring). Includes used of e-cigarettes, vape mods, vaporizers and vape pens. Cannabis vapes are excluded. Return to table 5 footnote 1 referrer Table 5 footnote 2 Any tobacco product includes past-30-day use of cigarettes, little cigars or cigarillos, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, and/or a waterpipe with tobacco. E-cigarettes and vaping devices are excluded. Return to table 5 footnote 2 referrer Table 5 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 5 footnote # referrer Table 5 footnote ↑ Rounds up to whole number. Return to table 5 footnote ↑ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 6: Past-30-day vaping^{Table 6 footnote 1}, by province and age group, 2021
Age group (years)	Canada (%)	NL (%)	PE (%)	NS (%)	NB (%)	QC (%)	ON (%)	MB (%)	SK (%)	AB (%)	BC (%)
Total	5.2 [4.7-5.8]	6.2 [3.0-9.5]	6.5^{Table 6 footnote ↓} [3.7-9.2]	4.9 [2.8-6.9]	8.6 [4.6-12.7]	6.0 [4.8-7.1]	5.0 [4.1-6.0]	4.5^{Return to table 6 footnote ↑} [3.0-6.1]	4.9 [2.5-7.3]	5.7 [3.9-7.5]	3.9 [2.8-5.0]
15-19	12.7 [11.1-14.4]	^{Table 6 footnote #}	13.4^{Table 6 footnote *} [5.4-21.4]	15.9^{Table 6 footnote *} [7.6-24.2]	^{Table 6 footnote #}	17.6 [13.7-21.5]	9.9 [7.3-12.6]	12.7 [5.8-19.5]	14.1 [7.1-21.1]	13.2 [8.6-17.8]	12.4 [8.6-16.3]
20-24	17.2 [15.5-18.9]	25.2^{Table 6 footnote *} [15.3-35.2]	18.3 [8.3-28.2]	16.4 [9.1-23.7]	17.6 [9.1-26.1]	16.5^{Table 6 footnote ↓} [13.3-19.7]	16.2 [13.1-19.4]	23.5^{Table 6 footnote ↓} [16.1-30.8]	18.5^{Table 6 footnote ↑} [11.9-25.2]	16.6 [12.5-20.8]	19.0 [14.3-23.6]
25+	3.6 [3.0-4.2]	^{Table 6 footnote #}	^{Table 6 footnote #}	^{Table 6 footnote #}	7.7 [3.2-12.3]	4.3 [3.1-5.6]	3.5^{Table 6 footnote ↑} [2.4-4.6]	^{Table 6 footnote #}	^{Table 6 footnote #}	4.1 [2.0-6.1]	1.9 [0.7-3.1]
25-44	6.1 [4.7-7.5]	^{Table 6 footnote #}	^{Table 6 footnote #}	^{Table 6 footnote #}	^{Table 6 footnote #}	7.0 [4.2-9.8]	6.0 [3.5-8.5]	^{Table 6 footnote #}	^{Table 6 footnote #}	6.2 [2.4-10.0]	^{Table 6 footnote #}
45+	2.0 [1.5-2.5]	^{Table 6 footnote #}	^{Table 6 footnote #}	^{Table 6 footnote #}	^{Table 6 footnote #}	2.9 [1.7-4.0]	1.9 [1.0-2.8]	^{Table 6 footnote #}	^{Table 6 footnote #}	^{Table 6 footnote #}	^{Table 6 footnote #}
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 6 footnote 1 Vaping e-liquid with nicotine and/or without nicotine (i.e. just flavouring). Includes use of e-cigarettes, vape mods, vaporizers and vape pens. Cannabis vaping is excluded. Return to table 6 footnote 1 referrer Table 6 footnote * Quality warning: interpret with caution. The 95% confidence interval should be used to assess the quality of the estimate. Return to table 6 footnote * referrer Table 6 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 6 footnote # referrer Table 6 footnote ↑ Rounds up to whole number. Return to table 6 footnote ↑ referrer Table 6 footnote ↓ Rounds down to whole number. Return to table 6 footnote ↓ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 7: Pattern of vape^{Table 7 footnote 1} use over the past 30 days, by age group and gender, 2021
Gender	Age group (years)	Population estimate ('000)	Daily (%)	Less than daily but at least once a week (%)	Less than weekly but at least once in past month (%)	Not at all (%)
All genders	All age groups	30,889	2.8 [2.4-3.3]	1.1 [0.9-1.4]	1.3 [1.0-1.5]	94.8 [94.2-95.3]
Men		15,183	3.0 [2.3-3.6]	1.3 [0.9-1.7]	1.4 [1.0-1.9]	94.3 [93.5-95.1]
Women		15,593	2.4 [1.9-3.0]	1.0 [0.7-1.3]	1.1 [0.8-1.4]	95.5^{Table 7 footnote ↓} [94.8-96.2]
All genders	15-19	2,065	5.8 [4.7-6.9]	3.1 [2.2-4.0]	3.8 [2.9-4.7]	87.3 [85.6-88.9]
	20-24	2,408	9.0 [7.7-10.3]	3.5^{Table 7 footnote ↓} [2.6-4.3]	4.7 [3.8-5.7]	82.8 [81.1-84.5]
	25+	26,416	2.0 [1.6-2.5]	0.8 [0.5-1.0]	0.8 [0.5-1.0]	96.4 [95.8-97.0]
	25-44	10,074	3.4 [2.3-4.5]	1.5^{Table 7 footnote ↓} [0.9-2.1]	1.2 [0.7-1.7]	93.9 [92.5-95.3]
	45+	16,341	1.2 [0.8-1.6]	0.3 [0.1-0.5]	0.5^{Table 7 footnote ↓} [0.2-0.8]	98.0 [97.5-98.5]
Men	15-19	1,049	5.7 [4.1-7.3]	3.5^{Table 7 footnote ↑} [2.2-4.9]	3.0 [1.9-4.2]	87.8 [85.4-90.1]
	20-24	1,251	10.8 [8.8-12.9]	3.8 [2.5-5.1]	5.4 [4.1-6.7]	80.0 [77.4-82.6]
	25+	12,883	2.0 [1.3-2.8]	0.8 [0.4-1.3]	0.9 [0.5-1.4]	96.2 [95.3-97.1]
	25-44	5,023	3.3 [1.7-5.0]	1.6 [0.7-2.6]	1.6 [0.6-2.5]	93.5^{Table 7 footnote ↓} [91.4-95.5]
	45+	7,860	1.2 [0.6-1.8]	^{Table 7 footnote #}	^{Table 7 footnote #}	98.0 [97.2-98.7]
Women	15-19	1,010	5.8 [4.3-7.3]	2.6 [1.5-3.7]	4.6 [3.2-6.1]	87.0 [84.7-89.3]
	20-24	1,155	6.9 [5.4-8.5]	3.0 [2.0-4.1]	4.1 [2.8-5.4]	86.0 [83.8-88.1]
	25+	13,428	1.8 [1.2-2.4]	0.7 [0.3-1.0]	0.6 [0.3-0.9]	96.9 [96.2-97.7]
	25-44	5,006	3.1 [1.7-4.6]	1.3 [0.5-2.2]	0.8 [0.3-1.4]	94.7 [92.9-96.4]
	45+	8,422	1.0 [0.6-1.5]	^{Table 7 footnote #}	^{Table 7 footnote #}	98.3 [97.7-98.9]
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 7 footnote 1 Vaping e-liquid with nicotine and/or without nicotine (i.e. just flavouring). Includes use of e-cigarettes, vape mods, vaporizers and vape pens. Cannabis vaping is excluded. Return to table 7 footnote 1 referrer Table 7 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 7 footnote # referrer Table 7 footnote ↑ Rounds up to whole number. Return to table 7 footnote ↑ referrer Table 7 footnote ↓ Rounds down to whole number. Return to table 7 footnote ↓ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 8: Past-30-day vaping of nicotine and non-nicotine^{Table 8 footnote 1}, by age group and gender, 2021
Gender	Age group (years)	Vaped e-liquid with nicotine (%)	Vaped e-liquid without nicotine (%)	Vaped e-liquid with unknown nicotine content (%)
All genders	All age groups	4.2 [3.7-4.7]	0.6 [0.4-0.8]	0.3 [0.2-0.5]
Men		4.4 [3.7-5.1]	0.5^{Table 8 footnote ↓} [0.2-0.7]	0.3 [0.1-0.5]
Women		3.7 [3.1-4.4]	0.7 [0.4-1.0]	0.4 [0.2-0.6]
All genders	15-19	11.0 [9.5-12.6]	1.7 [1.1-2.4]	1.6 [1.0-2.2]
	20-24	15.7 [14.1-17.4]	1.5^{Table 8 footnote ↓} [1.0-2.0]	0.7 [0.3-1.0]
	25+	2.6 [2.1-3.1]	0.5^{Table 8 footnote ↓} [0.3-0.7]	0.2 [0.1-0.4]
	25-44	4.8 [3.5-6.0]	0.7 [0.3-1.2]	^{Table 8 footnote #}
	45+	1.2 [0.9-1.6]	0.3 [0.1-0.6]	^{Table 8 footnote #}
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 8 footnote 1 Includes use of e-cigarettes, vape mods, vaporizers and vape pens. Cannabis vaping is excluded. Return to table 8 footnote 1 referrer Table 8 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 8 footnote # referrer Table 8 footnote ↓ Rounds down to whole number. Return to table 8 footnote ↓ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 9: Most often used flavour among those who reported vaping^{Table 9 footnote 1} in the past 30 days, by age group and gender, 2021
Gender	Age group (years)	Population estimate ('000)	Tobacco (%)	Fruit (%)	Candy (%)	Dessert (%)	Mint or Menthol (%)	Flavourless (%)	No usual flavour (%)	Other (%)
All genders	All age groups	1,620	8.3 [5.2-11.3]	52.9 [47.6-58.3]	3.7 [1.7-5.7]	^{Table 9 footnote #}	18.0 [13.7-22.3]	2.0 [0.4-3.7]	9.2 [6.1-12.2]	4.4 [2.5-6.3]
Men		867	9.5^{Table 9 footnote ↓} [4.6-14.4]	50.6 [42.9-58.3]	2.4 [0.9-4.0]	^{Table 9 footnote #}	18.3 [12.1-24.4]	1.9^{Table 9 footnote *} [-0.6-4.5]	10.7 [5.9-15.5]	5.4 [2.2-8.6]
Women		704	7.0 [3.4-10.6]	56.6 [49.3-64.0]	5.5^{Table 9 footnote ↑} [1.5-9.5]	^{Table 9 footnote #}	16.7 [11.5-21.9]	^{Table 9 footnote #}	7.8 [4.2-11.5]	2.5^{Table 9 footnote ↓} [1.0-3.9]
All genders	15-19	262	^{Table 9 footnote #}	65.0 [58.8-71.3]	6.1 [2.5-9.7]	^{Table 9 footnote #}	12.3 [7.8-16.8]	^{Table 9 footnote #}	8.8 [5.1-12.6]	5.7 [2.7-8.7]
	20-24	414	^{Table 9 footnote #}	56.5^{Table 9 footnote ↑} [51.0-62.1]	3.1 [1.2-5.1]	^{Table 9 footnote #}	22.4 [18.0-26.9]	^{Table 9 footnote #}	10.9 [7.4-14.4]	3.5^{Table 9 footnote ↑} [1.3-5.8]
	25+	944	13.2 [7.9-18.6]	48.0 [39.5-56.5]	^{Table 9 footnote #}	^{Table 9 footnote #}	17.7 [10.8-24.6]	^{Table 9 footnote #}	8.5^{Table 9 footnote ↑} [3.6-13.5]	4.4 [1.4-7.3]
	25-44	614	12.2 [5.5-18.9]	55.3 [44.1-66.4]	^{Table 9 footnote #}	^{Table 9 footnote #}	14.8 [6.3-23.3]	^{Table 9 footnote #}	^{Table 9 footnote #}	^{Table 9 footnote #}
	45+	330	15.1^{Table 9 footnote *} [6.3-23.8]	34.5^{Table 9 footnote ↑}^{Table 9 footnote *} [21.9-47.2]	^{Table 9 footnote #}	^{Table 9 footnote #}	23.0^{Table 9 footnote *} [11.1-34.8]	^{Table 9 footnote #}	^{Table 9 footnote #}	^{Table 9 footnote #}
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 9 footnote 1 Vaping e-liquid with nicotine and/or without nicotine (i.e. just flavouring). Includes use of e-cigarettes, vape mods, vaporizers and vape pens. Cannabis vaping is excluded. Return to table 9 footnote 1 referrer Table 9 footnote * Quality warning: interpret with caution. The 95% confidence interval should be used to assess the quality of the estimate. Return to table 9 footnote * referrer Table 9 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 9 footnote # referrer Table 9 footnote ↑ Rounds up to whole number. Return to table 9 footnote ↑ referrer Table 9 footnote ↓ Rounds down to whole number. Return to table 9 footnote ↓ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 10: Main reason for vaping among those who reported vaping^{Table 10 footnote 1} in the past 30 days, by age group and gender, 2021
Gender	Age group (years)	Population estimate ('000)	Curiosity (%)	Because I enjoy it (%)	To reduce stress (%)	Smoking cessation^{Table 10 footnote 2} (%)	To use where smoking is not allowed (%)	To avoid returning to smoking (%)	Other (%)
All genders	All age groups	1,614	11.8 [8.8-14.8]	19.5^{Table 10 footnote ↓} [15.1-23.9]	17.7 [14.3-21.2]	25.8 [20.8-30.9]	1.6 [0.6-2.7]	14.2 [10.3-18.2]	9.2 [6.4-12.1]
Men		861	11.7 [7.1-16.2]	18.9 [13.1-24.6]	13.4 [9.5-17.3]	27.2 [19.8-34.6]	1.8 [0.4-3.2]	17.0 [11.0-23.0]	10.1 [5.9-14.2]
Women		704	12.8 [8.5-17.1]	21.3 [14.2-28.4]	22.0 [16.6-27.4]	24.7 [17.7-31.8]	^{Table 10 footnote #}	10.7 [5.6-15.9]	6.9 [3.8-10.1]
All genders	15-19	262	23.8 [18.1-29.6]	28.1 [22.3-34.0]	32.6 [26.3-38.9]	^{Table 10 footnote #}	^{Table 10 footnote #}	^{Table 10 footnote #}	12.1 [7.5-16.7]
	20-24	414	11.4 [7.9-14.9]	26.5^{Table 10 footnote ↑} [21.8-31.2]	25.5^{Table 10 footnote ↓} [21.0-30.0]	14.7 [11.0-18.4]	^{Table 10 footnote #}	9.3 [6.2-12.3]	10.6 [7.3-13.8]
	25+	938	8.6 [3.9-13.3]	14.0 [6.9-21.0]	10.1 [5.3-15.0]	37.4 [29.1-45.8]	^{Table 10 footnote #}	20.2 [13.5-26.9]	7.8 [3.2-12.5]
	25-44	614	9.1 [2.9-15.2]	18.6 [8.5-28.8]	13.1 [6.1-20.2]	32.1 [21.6-42.6]	^{Table 10 footnote #}	19.2 [10.6-27.9]	^{Table 10 footnote #}
	45+	324	^{Table 10 footnote #}	^{Table 10 footnote #}	^{Table 10 footnote #}	47.5^{Table 10 footnote ↓}^{Table 10 footnote *} [33.8-61.1]	^{Table 10 footnote #}	22.1^{Table 10 footnote *} [11.6-32.7]	^{Table 10 footnote #}
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 10 footnote 1 Vaping e-liquid with nicotine and/or without nicotine (i.e. just flavouring). Includes use of e-cigarettes, vape mods, vaporizers and vape pens. Cannabis vaping is excluded. Return to table 10 footnote 1 referrer Table 10 footnote 2 Smoking cessation includes respondents who responded "To quit smoking cigarettes" or "To cut down on smoking cigarettes" as their main reason for vaping. Return to table 10 footnote 2 referrer Table 10 footnote * Quality warning: interpret with caution. The 95% confidence interval should be used to assess the quality of the estimate. Return to table 10 footnote * referrer Table 10 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 10 footnote # referrer Table 10 footnote ↑ Rounds up to whole number. Return to table 10 footnote ↑ referrer Table 10 footnote ↓ Rounds down to whole number. Return to table 10 footnote ↓ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 11: Sources of vaping devices and liquids among those who reported vaping^{Table 11 footnote 1} in the past 30 days, by age group, 2021
Age group (years)	Social sources^{Table 11 footnote 2} (%)	Retail sources^{Table 11 footnote 3} (%)
Vaping Devices
Total	20.3 [16.5-24.0]	79.7 [75.8-83.6]
15-19	52.4 [45.4-59.4]	46.8 [40.3-53.4]
20-24	18.4 [14.1-22.7]	85.5^{Table 11 footnote ↑} [81.7-89.4]
25+	12.0 [6.6-17.4]	86.3 [80.5-92.2]
25-44	13.0 [5.9-20.2]	86.8 [79.4-94.2]
45+	^{Table 11 footnote #}	85.4^{Table 11 footnote *} [76.2-94.7]
Vaping Liquids
Total	17.7 [14.3-21.1]	79.3 [75.3-83.3]
15-19	49.3 [42.5-56.1]	49.7 [43.1-56.4]
20-24	16.4 [12.3-20.5]	84.0 [79.9-88.0]
25+	9.5^{Table 11 footnote ↑} [4.6-14.5]	85.4 [79.4-91.4]
25-44	9.1 [3.0-15.3]	87.1 [79.9-94.4]
45+	^{Table 11 footnote #}	82.2^{Table 11 footnote *} [72.1-92.3]
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 11 footnote 1 Vaping e-liquid with nicotine and/or without nicotine (i.e. just flavouring). Includes use of e-cigarettes, vape mods, vaporizers and vape pens. Cannabis vaping is excluded. Return to table 11 footnote 1 referrer Table 11 footnote 2 Social sources include buying from a friend or family member, asking someone else to buy them for you, and having a friend or family member give or lend them to you. Return to table 11 footnote 2 referrer Table 11 footnote 3 Retail sources include vape shops, convenience or gas, supermarkets, grocery stores, drug stores, and online sales. Return to table 11 footnote 3 referrer Table 11 footnote * Quality warning: interpret with caution. The 95% confidence interval should be used to assess the quality of the estimate. Return to table 11 footnote * referrer Table 11 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 11 footnote # referrer Table 11 footnote ↑ Rounds up to whole number. Return to table 11 footnote ↑ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 12: Smoking status of those who reported vaping^{Table 12 footnote 1} in the past 30 days, by age group, 2021
Vaping status	Age group (years)	Population estimate ('000)	Current smoking (%)	Daily smoking (%)	Occasional smoking (%)	Former smoking (%)	Never smoking (%)
Past-30-day use	Total	1,613	36.4 [31.2-41.6]	23.7 [18.8-28.7]	12.7 [9.4-16.0]	30.8 [25.4-36.3]	32.8 [28.5-37.1]
	15-19	258	16.0 [11.1-20.8]	4.9 [2.0-7.8]	11.0 [6.8-15.3]	4.8 [2.0-7.7]	79.2 [73.9-84.5]
	20-24	411	29.0 [24.0-34.0]	10.9 [7.6-14.3]	18.1 [13.9-22.2]	20.6 [16.1-25.1]	50.4 [44.9-55.9]
	25+	944	45.2 [36.7-53.8]	34.4 [26.2-42.7]	10.8 [5.5-16.1]	42.4 [33.7-51.1]	12.4 [6.5-18.3]
Daily	Total	873	31.4 [24.2-38.5]	20.1 [13.7-26.5]	11.2 [6.7-15.8]	43.7 [35.6-51.8]	25.0 [19.4-30.5]
	15-19	117	26.0 [17.1-34.8]	9.4 [3.7-15.1]	16.6 [8.9-24.2]	7.8 [2.5-13.1]	66.3 [56.9-75.6]
	20-24	216	25.4 [18.7-32.1]	10.2 [5.4-14.9]	15.3 [10.0-20.6]	27.6 [20.9-34.2]	47.0 [39.5-54.5]
	25+	540	34.9 [23.7-46.1]	26.4 [16.2-36.6]	^{Table 12 footnote #}	57.9 [45.9-69.8]	^{Table 12 footnote #}
Occasional	Total	740	42.4 [34.9-49.9]	28.0 [20.5-35.5]	14.4 [9.4-19.4]	15.6 [9.8-21.4]	42.0 [35.0-48.9]
	15-19	141	^{Table 12 footnote #}	^{Table 12 footnote #}	^{Table 12 footnote #}	^{Table 12 footnote #}	89.9 [84.3-95.6]
	20-24	195	32.9 [25.3-40.6]	11.8 [6.8-16.8]	21.1 [14.5-27.7]	12.9 [6.9-18.8]	54.2 [46.0-62.3]
	25+	403	59.1 [46.7-71.6]	45.2 [32.5-57.9]	13.9 [5.4-22.4]	21.6 [11.2-31.9]	19.3 [9.1-29.6]
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 12 footnote 1 Vaping e-liquid with nicotine and/or without nicotine (i.e. just flavouring). Includes use of e-cigarettes, vape mods, vaporizers and vape pens. Cannabis vaping is excluded. Return to table 12 footnote 1 referrer Table 12 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 12 footnote # referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 13: Number of times attempted to quit vaping^{Table 13 footnote 1} in the past 12 months among those who reported daily vaping, by age group, 2021
Age group (years)	Population estimate ('000)	Zero (%)	One time (%)	Two to three times (%)	Four or more times (%)
Total	867	66.0 [58.9-73.0]	7.7 [3.9-11.6]	12.3 [7.0-17.7]	13.9 [9.5-18.4]
15-19	120	43.5^{Table 13 footnote ↓} [33.9-53.1]	10.6 [5.2-16.1]	22.4 [14.0-30.8]	23.5^{Table 13 footnote ↓} [15.1-31.8]
20-24	216	47.6 [40.3-54.9]	10.8 [6.6-14.9]	18.6 [12.5-24.8]	23.0 [16.3-29.7]
25+	531	78.5^{Table 13 footnote ↑} [67.8-89.2]	^{Table 13 footnote #}	^{Table 13 footnote #}	^{Table 13 footnote #}
25-44	338	73.2^{Table 13 footnote *} [58.1-88.3]	^{Table 13 footnote #}	^{Table 13 footnote #}	^{Table 13 footnote #}
45+	193	87.8^{Table 13 footnote *} [77.7-97.8]	^{Table 13 footnote #}	^{Table 13 footnote #}	^{Table 13 footnote #}
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 13 footnote 1 Vaping e-liquid with nicotine and/or without nicotine (i.e. just flavouring). Includes use of e-cigarettes, vape mods, vaporizers and vape pens. Cannabis vaping is excluded. Return to table 13 footnote 1 referrer Table 13 footnote * Quality warning: interpret with caution. The 95% confidence interval should be used to assess the quality of the estimate. Return to table 13 footnote * referrer Table 13 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 13 footnote # referrer Table 13 footnote ↑ Rounds up to whole number. Return to table 13 footnote ↑ referrer Table 13 footnote ↓ Rounds down to whole number. Return to table 13 footnote ↓ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 14: Perception of harm using a vape with nicotine compared to smoking cigarettes among all respondents and those who reported vaping or smoking a cigarette in the past 30 days, by age group, 2021
	Age group (years)	Population estimate ('000)	Much less harmful than cigarettes (%)	Somewhat less harmful than cigarettes (%)	About the same as cigarettes (%)	Somewhat more harmful than cigarettes (%)	Much more harmful than cigarettes (%)	Dont know (%)
Total	Total	30,842	4.4 [3.8-4.9]	15.2 [14.3-16.2]	32.2 [31.0-33.5]	7.4 [6.7-8.2]	7.5^{Table 14 footnote ↑} [6.8-8.2]	33.2 [32.0-34.5]
	15-19	2,068	5.9 [4.7-7.0]	25.2 [23.1-27.3]	33.8 [31.5-36.2]	9.9 [8.5-11.3]	7.6 [6.3-9.0]	17.6 [15.7-19.4]
	20-24	2,407	6.6 [5.4-7.7]	28.9 [26.8-31.0]	33.9 [31.9-35.9]	9.3 [8.0-10.7]	5.6 [4.6-6.6]	15.7 [14.1-17.3]
	25+	26,368	4.0 [3.5-4.6]	13.2 [12.1-14.3]	32.0 [30.6-33.4]	7.1 [6.2-7.9]	7.7 [6.9-8.5]	36.0 [34.6-37.5]
	25-44	10,072	5.8 [4.6-7.1]	20.0 [17.8-22.3]	35.4 [32.7-38.0]	7.4 [5.8-9.0]	5.9 [4.5-7.2]	25.5^{Table 14 footnote ↓} [23.0-27.9]
	45+	16,296	2.9 [2.3-3.6]	9.0 [7.9-10.1]	29.9 [28.2-31.6]	6.8 [5.9-7.8]	8.8 [7.7-9.8]	42.6 [40.8-44.4]
Past-30-day e-cigarette use	Total	1,620	27.4 [22.5-32.3]	33.0 [28.0-38.0]	16.0 [12.5-19.6]	5.1 [2.4-7.9]	2.4 [1.1-3.6]	16.1 [11.7-20.4]
	15-19	262	22.6 [16.8-28.3]	35.3 [28.5-42.1]	22.0 [16.4-27.7]	6.6 [3.3-9.8]	2.9 [0.9-4.9]	10.6 [6.4-14.8]
	20-24	413	18.0 [13.7-22.4]	36.3 [30.9-41.6]	23.4 [18.9-27.9]	6.9 [4.2-9.5]	4.1 [2.0-6.2]	11.3 [7.8-14.9]
	25+	944	32.8 [25.0-40.6]	30.9 [22.9-39.0]	11.1 [5.9-16.4]	^{Table 14 footnote #}	^{Table 14 footnote #}	19.6 [12.5-26.8]
	25-44	614	31.7 [21.6-41.8]	34.1 [23.5-44.6]	10.5^{Table 14 footnote ↑} [3.8-17.2]	^{Table 14 footnote #}	^{Table 14 footnote #}	18.8 [9.5-28.1]
	45+	330	34.9^{Table 14 footnote *} [22.8-47.0]	25.1^{Table 14 footnote *} [14.0-36.2]	12.3^{Table 14 footnote *} [3.6-21.0]	^{Table 14 footnote #}	^{Table 14 footnote #}	21.2^{Table 14 footnote *} [9.8-32.6]
Past-30-day cigarette use	Total	3,143	7.0 [5.0-8.9]	16.0 [12.8-19.1]	29.3 [25.3-33.3]	8.8 [6.1-11.5]	11.2 [8.5-13.9]	27.8 [24.0-31.5]
	15-19	68	^{Table 14 footnote #}	28.3^{Table 14 footnote *} [16.6-40.1]	25.9^{Table 14 footnote *} [13.8-38.0]	^{Table 14 footnote #}	^{Table 14 footnote #}	^{Table 14 footnote #}
	20-24	236	11.4 [6.6-16.2]	28.9 [22.3-35.5]	27.2 [20.8-33.6]	11.2 [6.8-15.7]	10.4 [6.0-14.7]	10.9 [6.7-15.0]
	25+	2,839	6.4 [4.3-8.5]	14.6 [11.2-18.0]	29.6 [25.2-33.9]	8.5^{Table 14 footnote ↑} [5.6-11.5]	11.3 [8.4-14.3]	29.6 [25.5-33.7]
	25-44	1,144	8.0 [3.8-12.2]	18.3 [12.2-24.4]	32.7 [24.7-40.7]	10.8 [5.2-16.3]	9.2 [4.2-14.3]	21.1 [14.8-27.3]
	45+	1,695	5.3 [3.1-7.4]	12.1 [8.3-15.9]	27.4 [22.4-32.5]	7.0 [4.0-10.1]	12.8 [8.9-16.6]	35.4 [30.3-40.5]
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 14 footnote * Quality warning: interpret with caution. The 95% confidence interval should be used to assess the quality of the estimate. Return to table 14 footnote * referrer Table 14 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 14 footnote # referrer Table 14 footnote ↑ Rounds up to whole number. Return to table 14 footnote ↑ referrer Table 14 footnote ↓ Rounds down to whole number. Return to table 14 footnote ↓ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 15: Pattern of alcohol use over the past 30 days, by age group and gender, 2021
Gender	Age group (years)	Population estimate ('000)	Daily (%)	Less than daily but at least once a week (%)	Less than weekly but at least once in past month (%)	Not at all (%)
All genders	All age groups	30,883	7.4 [6.7-8.1]	27.9 [26.7-29.0]	27.8 [26.6-28.9]	37.0 [35.8-38.3]
Men		15,194	9.2 [8.1-10.2]	30.9 [29.1-32.7]	25.8 [24.1-27.5]	34.1 [32.4-35.9]
Women		15,576	5.7 [4.8-6.5]	24.9 [23.3-26.5]	29.6 [28.0-31.3]	39.8 [38.0-41.7]
All genders	15-19	2,071	^{Table 15 footnote #}	9.7 [8.3-11.0]	25.1 [23.1-27.1]	64.8 [62.6-67.1]
	20-24	2,407	1.7 [1.1-2.3]	24.0 [22.1-25.9]	38.5^{Table 15 footnote ↓} [36.3-40.6]	35.9 [33.6-38.1]
	25+	26,405	8.4 [7.6-9.2]	29.6 [28.3-31.0]	27.0 [25.6-28.3]	34.9 [33.5-36.4]
	25-44	10,084	5.2 [4.0-6.5]	33.7 [31.2-36.2]	28.9 [26.5-31.4]	32.1 [29.5-34.7]
	45+	16,321	10.4 [9.3-11.5]	27.1 [25.5-28.7]	25.8 [24.2-27.4]	36.7 [34.9-38.4]
Men	15-19	1,053	^{Table 15 footnote #}	9.6 [7.7-11.6]	23.8 [21.0-26.6]	66.3 [63.1-69.5]
	20-24	1,250	2.1 [1.2-3.0]	25.8 [23.1-28.6]	34.0 [30.9-37.1]	38.1 [34.8-41.3]
	25+	12,892	10.6 [9.3-11.8]	33.1 [31.0-35.3]	25.2 [23.2-27.1]	31.1 [29.1-33.2]
	25-44	5,034	7.1 [5.0-9.2]	37.7 [33.8-41.6]	27.9 [24.3-31.5]	27.3 [23.6-30.9]
	45+	7,858	12.8 [11.2-14.4]	30.2 [27.7-32.6]	23.4 [21.1-25.7]	33.6 [31.2-36.0]
Women	15-19	1,012	^{Table 15 footnote #}	9.6 [7.6-11.7]	26.4 [23.5-29.2]	63.4 [60.2-66.7]
	20-24	1,155	1.3 [0.6-2.0]	21.9 [19.4-24.5]	43.3 [40.2-46.4]	33.4 [30.4-36.4]
	25+	13,408	6.4 [5.4-7.4]	26.3 [24.5-28.1]	28.7 [26.8-30.6]	38.6 [36.5-40.7]
	25-44	5,005	3.4 [2.2-4.7]	29.9 [26.4-33.3]	30.1 [26.7-33.5]	36.6 [32.9-40.4]
	45+	8,404	8.2 [6.8-9.6]	24.2 [22.1-26.3]	27.9 [25.6-30.1]	39.8 [37.3-42.2]
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 15 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 15 footnote # referrer Table 15 footnote ↓ Rounds down to whole number. Return to table 15 footnote ↓ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 16: Pattern of heavy alcohol use^{Table 16 footnote 1} over the past 12 months, by age group and gender, 2021
Gender	Age group (years)	Population estimate ('000)	Daily or almost daily (%)	Less than daily but at least once a week (%)	Less than weekly but at least once a month (%)	Less than once a month (%)	Not at all (%)
All genders	All age groups	30,835	1.2 [0.9-1.5]	10.8 [10.0-11.6]	15.1 [14.1-16.0]	21.6 [20.5-22.8]	51.2 [49.9-52.6]
Men		15,170	1.9 [1.4-2.4]	13.2 [11.9-14.5]	16.8 [15.3-18.3]	22.3 [20.6-24.0]	45.8 [43.9-47.7]
Women		15,552	0.6 [0.3-0.9]	8.4 [7.3-9.4]	13.5^{Table 16 footnote ↓} [12.2-14.7]	20.9 [19.4-22.4]	56.7 [54.8-58.5]
All genders	15-19	2,069	^{Table 16 footnote #}	4.6 [3.6-5.6]	12.2 [10.7-13.7]	17.4 [15.6-19.2]	65.7 [63.4-68.0]
	20-24	2,406	^{Table 16 footnote #}	10.3 [9.0-11.6]	24.0 [22.1-26.0]	30.6 [28.5-32.7]	34.6 [32.3-36.8]
	25+	26,360	1.4 [1.1-1.7]	11.3 [10.4-12.3]	14.5^{Table 16 footnote ↑} [13.4-15.6]	21.1 [19.8-22.5]	51.6 [50.1-53.2]
	25-44	10,066	0.9 [0.4-1.4]	12.9 [11.1-14.7]	18.7 [16.6-20.8]	26.0 [23.5-28.4]	41.5^{Table 16 footnote ↓} [38.8-44.2]
	45+	16,294	1.7 [1.2-2.1]	10.4 [9.3-11.5]	11.9 [10.7-13.1]	18.2 [16.7-19.6]	57.9 [56.1-59.7]
Men	15-19	1,051	^{Table 16 footnote #}	4.5^{Table 16 footnote ↓} [3.0-6.0]	12.1 [9.9-14.4]	17.0 [14.5-19.5]	66.4 [63.1-69.7]
	20-24	1,249	^{Table 16 footnote #}	12.9 [10.8-14.9]	23.2 [20.5-26.0]	27.8 [24.9-30.8]	35.3 [32.0-38.5]
	25+	12,870	2.1 [1.6-2.7]	14.0 [12.5-15.4]	16.6 [14.8-18.3]	22.2 [20.2-24.2]	45.2 [42.9-47.4]
	25-44	5,021	1.4 [0.5-2.3]	16.6 [13.8-19.5]	21.6 [18.3-24.9]	26.1 [22.4-29.8]	34.2 [30.4-38.0]
	45+	7,849	2.6 [1.8-3.3]	12.2 [10.6-13.9]	13.3 [11.5-15.2]	19.7 [17.5-21.9]	52.2 [49.5-54.8]
Women	15-19	1,012	^{Table 16 footnote #}	4.7 [3.3-6.1]	12.2 [10.1-14.3]	17.8 [15.3-20.2]	65.2 [62.1-68.3]
	20-24	1,155	^{Table 16 footnote #}	7.6 [6.0-9.2]	24.9 [22.3-27.6]	33.5^{Table 16 footnote ↑} [30.6-36.5]	33.8 [30.9-36.7]
	25+	13,385	0.7 [0.3-1.0]	8.7 [7.5-9.9]	12.6 [11.2-14.0]	20.0 [18.4-21.7]	58.0 [55.9-60.1]
	25-44	5,000	^{Table 16 footnote #}	9.1 [7.0-11.1]	15.9 [13.2-18.6]	25.8 [22.7-29.0]	48.8 [44.9-52.7]
	45+	8,385	0.8 [0.4-1.3]	8.5^{Table 16 footnote ↑} [7.1-9.9]	10.6 [9.0-12.2]	16.6 [14.7-18.5]	63.5^{Table 16 footnote ↓} [61.0-66.0]
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 16 footnote 1 Heavy alcohol use refers to having four or more drinks on one occasion. "On one occasion" means at the same time or within a couple hours of each other. Return to table 16 footnote 1 referrer Table 16 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 16 footnote # referrer Table 16 footnote ↑ Rounds up to whole number. Return to table 16 footnote ↑ referrer Table 16 footnote ↓ Rounds down to whole number. Return to table 16 footnote ↓ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 17: Pattern of cannabis use over the past 30 days, by age group and gender, 2021
Gender	Age group (years)	Population estimate ('000)	Daily (%)	Less than daily but at least once a week (%)	Less than weekly but at least once in past month (%)	Not at all (%)
All genders	All age groups	30,873	4.0 [3.4-4.5]	2.7 [2.3-3.1]	3.7 [3.2-4.2]	89.6 [88.8-90.4]
Men		15,183	5.1 [4.2-5.9]	3.5^{Table 17 footnote ↑} [2.8-4.2]	4.2 [3.4-5.0]	87.3 [86.0-88.5]
Women		15,577	2.6 [2.0-3.1]	1.8 [1.3-2.2]	3.2 [2.6-3.8]	92.5^{Table 17 footnote ↓} [91.6-93.4]
All genders	15-19	2,066	2.8 [2.0-3.6]	2.6 [1.9-3.4]	5.3 [4.2-6.4]	89.2 [87.7-90.8]
	20-24	2,407	8.6 [7.3-9.9]	6.3 [5.2-7.3]	9.1 [7.9-10.4]	76.0 [74.1-77.9]
	25+	26,399	3.6 [3.0-4.2]	2.4 [1.9-2.9]	3.1 [2.5-3.7]	90.9 [90.0-91.7]
	25-44	10,086	6.4 [5.1-7.8]	3.7 [2.6-4.7]	5.5^{Table 17 footnote ↑} [4.2-6.8]	84.4 [82.4-86.3]
	45+	16,314	1.9 [1.4-2.4]	1.6 [1.2-2.1]	1.6 [1.2-2.1]	94.9 [94.1-95.6]
Men	15-19	1,050	2.9 [1.7-4.1]	3.0 [1.8-4.2]	4.5^{Table 17 footnote ↓} [3.1-5.8]	89.6 [87.5-91.8]
	20-24	1,251	10.5^{Table 17 footnote ↑} [8.4-12.6]	7.0 [5.4-8.6]	7.4 [5.8-9.0]	75.1 [72.3-77.9]
	25+	12,881	4.7 [3.7-5.7]	3.2 [2.4-4.0]	3.8 [2.9-4.7]	88.3 [86.8-89.7]
	25-44	5,034	7.8 [5.6-9.9]	4.2 [2.7-5.8]	6.8 [4.7-8.8]	81.2 [78.1-84.4]
	45+	7,847	2.8 [1.9-3.6]	2.6 [1.7-3.4]	1.9 [1.2-2.6]	92.8 [91.4-94.1]
Women	15-19	1,011	2.4 [1.4-3.5]	2.1 [1.2-3.0]	6.1 [4.5-7.8]	89.3 [87.2-91.5]
	20-24	1,153	6.4 [4.9-7.9]	5.4 [4.1-6.8]	11.1 [9.1-13.0]	77.1 [74.5-79.7]
	25+	13,413	2.2 [1.6-2.9]	1.4 [0.9-2.0]	2.3 [1.6-2.9]	94.0 [93.0-95.1]
	25-44	5,006	4.8 [3.2-6.4]	2.8 [1.6-4.1]	4.1 [2.7-5.5]	88.3 [85.9-90.6]
	45+	8,407	0.7 [0.3-1.2]	0.6 [0.2-1.0]	1.2 [0.5-1.8]	97.5^{Table 17 footnote ↓} [96.6-98.4]
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 17 footnote ↑ Rounds up to whole number. Return to table 17 footnote ↑ referrer Table 17 footnote ↓ Rounds down to whole number. Return to table 17 footnote ↓ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 18: Pattern of vaping cannabis over the past 30 days, by age group and gender, 2021
Gender	Age group (years)	Population estimate ('000)	Daily (%)	Less than daily but at least once a week (%)	Less than weekly but at least once in past month (%)	Not at all (%)
All genders	All age groups	30,884	1.0 [0.7-1.3]	1.5^{Table 18 footnote ↑} [1.2-1.8]	2.1 [1.7-2.5]	95.3 [94.8-95.9]
Men		15,184	1.3 [0.8-1.8]	1.7 [1.3-2.2]	2.0 [1.5-2.5]	95.0 [94.1-95.8]
Women		15,587	0.6 [0.4-0.9]	1.2 [0.8-1.6]	2.1 [1.5-2.6]	96.1 [95.4-96.8]
All genders	15-19	2,069	0.8 [0.4-1.2]	2.1 [1.4-2.8]	3.2 [2.4-4.1]	93.8 [92.7-95.0]
	20-24	2,407	1.9 [1.3-2.5]	4.0 [3.1-5.0]	5.7 [4.7-6.7]	88.4 [86.9-89.9]
	25+	26,407	1.0 [0.6-1.3]	1.2 [0.9-1.6]	1.7 [1.3-2.1]	96.1 [95.5-96.7]
	25-44	10,073	1.9 [1.1-2.6]	2.2 [1.4-2.9]	3.5^{Table 18 footnote ↑} [2.5-4.5]	92.4 [91.0-93.8]
	45+	16,334	0.4 [0.1-0.6]	0.7 [0.4-1.0]	0.6 [0.3-0.9]	98.4 [97.9-98.9]
Men	15-19	1,053	1.1 [0.4-1.8]	2.4 [1.3-3.6]	3.2 [2.0-4.4]	93.2 [91.5-95.0]
	20-24	1,250	1.9 [0.9-2.8]	4.8 [3.3-6.3]	5.7 [4.2-7.2]	87.6 [85.3-89.9]
	25+	12,881	1.3 [0.7-1.8]	1.4 [0.8-1.9]	1.5^{Table 18 footnote ↑} [1.0-2.1]	95.8 [94.9-96.8]
	25-44	5,027	2.3 [1.1-3.6]	2.1 [1.1-3.2]	3.3 [1.9-4.7]	92.2 [90.1-94.3]
	45+	7,854	^{Table 18 footnote #}	0.9 [0.4-1.4]	^{Table 18 footnote #}	98.1 [97.4-98.9]
Women	15-19	1,011	^{Table 18 footnote #}	1.7 [0.8-2.6]	3.2 [2.0-4.4]	94.7 [93.2-96.2]
	20-24	1,155	1.9 [1.1-2.7]	3.2 [2.1-4.3]	5.6 [4.1-7.0]	89.3 [87.5-91.2]
	25+	13,421	0.6 [0.2-0.9]	1.0 [0.5-1.4]	1.7 [1.1-2.3]	96.8 [96.0-97.6]
	25-44	5,001	1.4 [0.6-2.3]	2.1 [1.0-3.1]	3.6 [2.2-5.0]	92.9 [90.9-94.9]
	45+	8,420	^{Table 18 footnote #}	^{Table 18 footnote #}	^{Table 18 footnote #}	99.1 [98.6-99.7]
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] Table 18 footnote # Quality warning: due to poor quality, the estimate and 95% confidence interval have been suppressed. Return to table 18 footnote # referrer Table 18 footnote ↑ Rounds up to whole number. Return to table 18 footnote ↑ referrer Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

Table 19: Description of the sample, by age group and province, 2021
Age group (years)	Canada	NL	PE	NS	NB	QC	ON	MB	SK	AB	BC
Total	9,908	323	366	442	391	2,227	2,767	559	490	1,112	1,231
15-19	2,049	67	76	78	70	424	516	130	109	277	302
20-24	2,404	77	91	104	89	545	595	150	138	320	295
25+	5,455	179	199	260	232	1,258	1,656	279	243	515	634
25-44	1,663	44	52	76	51	377	500	102	77	194	190
45+	3,792	135	147	184	181	881	1,156	177	166	321	444
Source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2021.

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