Overview of Historical Data, 1999–2012

Table 1 - Percentage of current smokers, by age group and sex, age 15+ years, Canada 1999 to 2012
Age Group (years)	Sex	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Table 1 Footnotes Table 1 Footnote 1 Rounding up to integer Return to footnote ↑ referrer Table 1 Footnote 2 Rounding down to integer Return to footnote ↓ referrer
15+	Both Sexes	25.2	24.4	21.7	21.4	20.9	19.6	18.7	18.6	19.2	17.9	17.5^{Table 1 Footnote ↑}	16.7	17.3	16.1
	Male	27.3	25.8	23.9	23.0	23.3	22.0	21.6	20.3	20.4	20.1	19.2	19.7	19.7	18.4
	Female	23.3	23.1	19.6	19.9	18.5^{Table 1 Footnote ↓}	17.2	15.9	17.0	18.1	15.7	15.9	13.8	15.0	13.9
15-19	Both Sexes	27.7	25.3	22.5^{Table 1 Footnote ↓}	22.0	18.3	18.4	18.0	14.8	15.2	14.8	13.0	12.2	11.8	10.9
20-24		35.4	32.3	32.1	30.6	30.5^{Table 1 Footnote ↓}	27.8	26.0	27.3	25.5^{Table 1 Footnote ↓}	27.3	23.0	22.1	21.5^{Table 1 Footnote ↓}	20.3
25-34		29.9	28.3	25.0	26.6	27.1	28.1	23.7	23.9	21.5^{Table 1 Footnote ↓}	21.0	22.5^{Table 1 Footnote ↑}	21.1	23.7	21.8
35-44		29.9	30.6	25.0	24.3	24.0	22.0	23.2	19.8	20.4	18.9	18.3	19.7	15.7	17.9
45-54		24.0	22.6	22.8	21.3	21.6	19.4	19.7	22.0	23.4	20.7	20.3	18.7	20.2	16.7
55+		14.8	15.2	12.6	13.0	12.0	10.7	10.1	11.1	13.9	12.0	12.3	11.3	13.4	12.2
15-17		23.3	21.5^{Table 1 Footnote ↓}	18.4	18.0	14.9	14.0	13.7	10.9	10.4	9.7	9.7	8.9	7.7	7.2
18-19		34.3	31.0	29.3	28.3	24.2	25.6	25.1	21.7	22.7	23.3	17.9	17.6	18.1	16.3
20-22		38.3	33.0	33.5^{Table 1 Footnote ↑}	29.4	30.8	27.3	26.2	27.2	24.1	26.3	21.9	22.0	21.0	21.6
23-24		31.0	31.1	29.6	32.8	30.0	28.5^{Table 1 Footnote ↑}	25.7	27.3	27.5^{Table 1 Footnote ↓}	29.1	25.0	22.3	22.3	17.8
25+		23.9	23.6	20.6	20.5^{Table 1 Footnote ↓}	20.1	18.9	18.0	18.1	19.0	17.3	17.4	16.6	17.4	16.2

Table 2 - Percentage of current smokers, by province and age group, age 15+ years, Canada 1999 to 2012
	Age Group (years)	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Table 2 Footnotes Table 2 Footnote 1 Current smoking rate in 2012 is significantly different from 2011. All other changes between 2012 and 2011 are not significantly different. Return to table 2 footnote 1 referrer Table 2 Footnote 2 Rounding up to integer Return to table 2 footnote ↑ referrer Table 2 Footnote 3 Rounding down to integer Return to table 2 footnote ↓ referrer Table 2 Footnote * Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution. Return to table 2 footnote * referrer
Canada	15+	25.2	24.4	21.7	21.4	20.9	19.6	18.7	18.6	19.2	17.9	17.5 ^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	16.7	17.3	16.1
	15-19	27.7	25.3	22.5^{Footnote ↓}	22.0	18.3	18.4	18.0	14.8	15.2	14.8	13.0	12.2	11.8	10.9
	20-24	35.4	32.3	32.1	30.6	30.5^{Footnote ↓}	27.8	26.0	27.3	25.5^{Footnote ↓}	27.3	23.0	22.1	21.5^{Footnote ↓}	20.3
	25-44	29.9	29.6	25.0	25.4	25.4	24.8	23.4	21.7	20.9	19.9	20.4	20.4	19.7	19.9
	45+	18.5^{Footnote ↓}	18.2	16.8	16.3	15.8	14.2	13.9	15.4	17.6	15.4	15.4	14.1	15.9	13.8
Newfoundland and Labrador	15+	28.5^{Footnote ↓}	27.7	25.7	24.1	23.0	21.8	20.6	21.7	21.2	20.2	20.7	20.0	18.9	19.7
	15-19	29.9	28.4	22.0	22.2	22.0	21.1	19.0	16.2	16.8	14.7	16.0	15.1	11.1	12.2
	20-24	37.2	40.0	41.4	35.6	34.3	33.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	28.3	33.3	30.8	28.2	29.4	32.9	25.0	23.6
	25-44	34.6	38.2	31.9	30.1	28.9	28.6	22.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	27.7	25.8	25.1	27.7	27.0	24.5	24.7
	45+	20.9	16.2	18.3	17.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	16.6	15.0	18.2	16.9	17.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	17.0	16.1	15.2	16.2	17.6
Prince Edward Island	15+	25.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	25.7	25.6	23.1	21.4	21.2	19.9	19.2	18.4	19.2	17.6	16.2	19.1	15.2^{Table 2 Footnote 1}
	15-19	28.3	21.5^{Footnote ↓}	20.4	19.3	19.6	16.6	12.9	14.1	13.1	13.7	14.2	11.3	14.4	8.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}^{Table 2 Footnote 1}
	20-24	37.0	36.1	34.8	35.3	32.2	31.2	32.3	30.6	24.8	30.8	22.0	21.8	30.3	20.2^{Table 2 Footnote 1}
	25-44	30.0	32.9	30.7	30.1	25.9	27.3	25.9	25.0	20.4	21.4	20.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	20.0	23.2	20.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}
	45+	18.9	18.8	20.9	16.1	16.4	16.0	15.1	14.6	17.1	16.9	15.9	14.3	15.9	12.7
Nova Scotia	15+	28.9	29.8	24.9	25.3	22.1	20.2	21.0	21.8	20.4	19.7	19.8	20.8	18.1	15.6
	15-19	30.1	25.1	26.8	20.2	18.3	20.3	12.9	14.8	13.4	14.4	14.2	15.8	11.9	10.7
	20-24	36.6	37.2	31.4	33.8	35.4	32.7	26.6	32.6	29.3	26.3	30.0	23.5^{Footnote ↓}	29.4	21.4^{Table 2 Footnote 1}
	25-44	35.7	38.2	30.9	30.7	26.0	25.5^{Footnote ↓}	30.0	29.3	23.8	23.8	23.9	27.7	20.8	22.1
	45+	21.5^{Footnote ↓}	22.2	18.5^{Footnote ↓}	20.6	17.6	14.3	15.3	16.4	17.9	17.1	16.7	17.3	15.8	12.1^{Table 2 Footnote 1}
New Brunswick	15+	26.5^{Footnote ↓}	26.6	25.0	21.1	24.3	24.2	21.8	22.6	21.2	19.9	21.3	19.2	18.8	17.3
	15-19	27.4	29.9	24.6	17.6	21.6	17.7	17.9	15.7	16.8	14.1	15.7	11.9	13.8	14.0^{Footnote *}
	20-24	35.8	35.8	39.2	30.8	32.4	32.4	30.1	32.1	24.0	29.0	27.3	28.7	25.1	26.4
	25-44	30.2	31.1	32.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	26.9	31.4	31.6	28.9	25.8	28.7	22.6	26.8	25.8	22.2	21.1
	45+	21.3	20.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	16.3	15.3	18.0	18.4	16.1	20.0	16.6	17.8	18.0	15.2	16.7	14.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}
Quebec	15+	30.3	28.2	24.1	25.8	24.6	22.2	22.2	20.1	21.7	19.1	20.7	17.8	19.8	17.1
	15-19	35.7	29.6	28.6	32.0	25.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	24.1	22.8	18.3	17.4	16.6	18.1	15.0	17.2	13.4
	20-24	39.4	38.5^{Footnote ↓}	32.2	36.2	35.8	33.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	31.7	29.7	32.2	30.7	30.2	23.6	23.2	22.0
	25-44	33.4	34.1	30.8	28.5^{Footnote ↓}	29.8	28.1	26.3	19.3	24.7	22.9	22.2	22.4	24.2	20.4
	45+	24.9	21.1	16.4	20.9	18.6	15.6	17.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	19.4	18.8	15.4	18.8	14.5^{Footnote ↓}	17.0	14.9
Ontario	15+	23.2	23.1	19.7	19.7	19.6	18.7	16.4	16.6	18.2	16.8	15.4	15.2	16.3	15.7
	15-19	24.8	25.1	18.8	19.2	14.5^{Footnote ↓}	16.8	16.0	12.5^{Footnote ↓}	13.5^{Footnote ↓}	12.7	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.0
	20-24	34.0	28.5^{Footnote ↓}	31.3	29.3	30.0	23.8	21.1	24.6	22.3	27.2	18.5^{Footnote ↓}	19.4	20.8	18.0
	25-44	28.7	27.8	20.5^{Footnote ↓}	24.1	23.1	25.9	21.8	21.2	18.4	18.3	17.3	18.0	17.7	20.4
	45+	15.7	17.2	17.1	14.2	15.6	12.0	11.3	12.4	18.3	14.5^{Footnote ↓}	14.6	13.5^{Footnote ↓}	15.8	13.3
Manitoba	15+	23.3	25.7	25.9	21.1	20.9	20.6	22.3	20.1	19.9	20.8	18.9	20.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	18.7	17.9
	15-19	29.5^{Footnote ↓}	25.4	28.2	23.3	20.3	21.0	20.0	19.7	20.1	17.0	17.9	15.0	14.3	12.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}
	20-24	32.4	36.6	36.8	33.4	29.2	25.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	32.8	31.7	30.9	24.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	25.4	26.7	26.6	27.4
	25-44	30.1	30.8	29.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	24.5^{Footnote ↓}	27.8	23.1	25.8	24.2	23.6	24.7	23.5^{Footnote ↓}	26.4	22.4	20.4
	45+	14.2	19.2	20.3	15.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	14.0	17.7	18.0	15.0	15.2	18.2	14.7	16.5^{Footnote ↓}	15.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	15.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}
Saskatchewan	15+	25.9	28.1	25.4	21.2	24.1	21.7	22.0	23.7	24.0	20.3	22.3	21.1	19.2	18.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}
	15-19	31.4	24.1	27.1	29.0	28.2	24.7	24.9	20.8	22.0	20.0	18.3	20.3	19.8	20.2
	20-24	32.3	36.4	37.8	34.3	33.9	28.9	35.7	31.2	31.2	27.0	27.9	25.1	27.0	25.1
	25-44	31.5^{Footnote ↓}	36.7	29.9	25.6	27.7	28.1	26.3	30.1	29.7	23.1	28.5^{Footnote ↓}	24.6	23.3	19.2
	45+	18.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	20.2	18.9	13.4	18.7	15.1	15.8	18.6	19.3	17.4	18.0	18.4	15.1	16.6
Alberta	15+	26.0	22.6	25.1	22.8	20.0	20.1	20.6	21.3	20.9	20.4	18.0	18.8	17.7	17.4
	15-19	26.4	24.4	24.1	19.0	18.2	15.7	18.9	15.2	20.1	16.0	12.4	16.9	8.3	9.9
	20-24	39.9	29.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	34.5^{Footnote ↓}	29.6	30.7	28.3	27.1	30.0	27.5^{Footnote ↓}	29.2	25.6	20.4	24.0	24.4
	25-44	28.0	26.2	29.1	26.2	26.3	21.6	25.8	24.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	23.1	21.5^{Footnote ↓}	20.8	23.6	18.6	16.0
	45+	20.1	16.5^{Footnote ↓}	19.0	18.6	11.8	17.8	14.9	17.7	17.7	18.4	15.0	14.7	17.2	18.4
British Columbia	15+	20.0	19.6	16.7	16.5^{Footnote ↓}	16.4	15.2	14.7	16.4	14.4	14.7	14.9	14.3	14.2	13.2
	15-19	20.2	18.0	16.8	14.8	13.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	12.8	14.4	12.4	9.0	15.2	12.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	8.9^{Footnote *}	10.1	9.9
	20-24	29.0	28.5^{Footnote ↓}	27.0	22.0	19.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	26.5^{Footnote ↓}	24.0	24.0	18.2	21.0	17.8	24.6	13.1	16.1
	25-44	25.9	23.8	18.9	20.9	21.2	16.3	17.8	19.7	15.3	14.7	21.0	15.9	16.6	20.0
	45+	12.9	14.6	13.0	12.3	12.7	12.9	10.9	13.3	14.0	13.6	10.7	12.3	13.5^{Table 2 Footnote ↑}	9.2^{Table 2 Footnote 1}

Table 3 - Percentage of daily smokers, by age group and sex, age 15+ years, Canada 1999 to 2012
Age Group (years)	Sex	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Table 3 Footnotes Table 3 Footnote 1 Rounding up to integer Return to table 3 footnote ↑ referrer Table 3 Footnote 2 Rounding down to integer Return to table 3 footnote ↓ referrer
15+	Both Sexes	21.0	19.9	18.1	17.6	16.6	15.0	15.0	14.2	15.3	13.5	13.6	13.1	13.7	11.9
	Male	22.7	21.4	20.3	19.0	19.0	16.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↑}	17.7	15.4	16.4	15.4	15.1	15.3	15.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↓}	13.2
	Female	19.4	18.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↓}	15.9	16.4	14.4	13.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↓}	12.3	13.0	14.3	11.6	12.1	10.9	12.1	10.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↑}
15-19	Both Sexes	20.0	17.9	16.1	16.4	11.7	10.9	11.3	8.6	9.2	8.6	7.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↓}	7.3	6.0	6.6
20-24		27.7	25.2	24.2	22.6	21.2	19.6	18.6	18.4	16.9	18.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↓}	14.7	14.9	14.0	12.6
25-34		24.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↓}	23.4	20.9	21.1	20.9	20.9	18.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↓}	16.3	16.3	14.2	16.8	15.7	18.2	15.3
35-44		25.4	25.3	20.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↓}	20.6	19.3	17.6	19.8	16.3	17.8	15.3	14.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↑}	15.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↑}	12.2	12.0
45-54		21.0	19.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↑}	20.2	18.3	19.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↓}	16.1	17.0	18.0	20.0	17.7	16.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↑}	15.3	17.5 ^{Table 3 Footnote ↓}	13.9
55+		13.0	12.4	11.6	11.6	10.2	8.6	8.3	9.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↓}	11.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↓}	9.2	10.7	9.8	11.8	9.9
15-17		15.6	15.1	13.0	13.7	9.0	7.3	7.9	5.8	5.9	5.0	5.4	4.9	3.9	3.7
18-19		26.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↓}	22.3	21.2	20.6	16.4	16.8	16.9	13.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↑}	14.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↑}	14.4	10.6	11.3	9.1	10.8
20-22		29.3	25.3	25.7	21.7	22.2	18.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↑}	18.2	18.2	15.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↑}	17.6	13.1	14.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↓}	13.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↓}	13.2
23-24		25.4	25.0	21.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↑}	24.2	19.6	21.3	19.1	18.6	18.8	20.1	17.7	15.7	15.0	11.5^{Table 3 Footnote ↓}
25+		20.4	19.6	17.7	17.3	16.7	14.9	15.0	14.3	15.8	13.4	14.0	13.4	14.4	12.3

Table 4 - Percentage of daily smokers, by province and age group, age 15+ years, Canada 1999 to 2012
	Age Group (years)	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Table 4 Footnotes Table 4 Footnote 1 Daily smoking rate in 2012 is significantly different from 2011. All other changes between 2012 and 2011 are not significantly different. Return to table 4 footnote 1 referrer Table 4 Footnote 2 High sampling variability - although an estimate may be determined from the table, data should be suppressed. Return to table 4 footnote 2 referrer Table 4 Footnote 3 Rounding up to integer Return to table 4 footnote ↑ referrer Table 4 Footnote 4 Rounding down to integer Return to table 4 footnote ↓ referrer Table 4 Footnote 5 Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution. Return to footnote * referrer
Canada	15+	21.0	19.9	18.1	17.6	16.6	15.0	15.0	14.2	15.3	13.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	14.0	13.1	13.7	11.9
	15-19	20.0	17.9	16.1	16.4	11.7	10.9	11.3	8.6	9.2	8.6	7.0	7.3	6.0	6.6
	20-24	27.7	25.2	24.2	22.6	21.2	19.6	18.6	18.4	16.9	18.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	15.0	14.9	14.0	12.6
	25-44	25.0	24.4	20.6	20.8	20.0	19.1	19.2	16.3	17.1	14.7	15.7	15.6	15.3	13.7
	45+	16.2	15.3	15.1	14.3	13.9	11.6	11.8	12.8	14.8	12.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	12.9	11.9	13.9	11.3
Newfoundland and Labrador	15+	24.1	24.3	21.7	20.8	18.7	17.1	16.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	17.0	17.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	16.4	16.4	16.7	14.8	16.8
	15-19	20.7	21.3	15.3	18.2	17.0	12.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	14.1	11.3	11.9	10.0	11.7	9.0^{Table 4 Footnote *}	7.3	8.4
	20-24	29.6	32.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	30.9	31.0	26.7	25.1	22.7	24.4	21.4	20.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	20.7	25.0	19.0	18.1
	25-44	30.1	33.7	27.2	25.2	23.4	22.9	17.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	20.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	22.4	20.9	21.2	23.0	19.1	21.6
	45+	18.3	15.1	16.7	16.0	14.1	12.3	15.3	14.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	14.8	14.1	13.6	13.2	12.8	15.2
Prince Edward Island	15+	21.4	22.3	22.3	19.8	17.9	17.4	16.1	15.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	15.0	15.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	14.4	12.1	14.8	12.4
	15-19	19.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	15.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	16.6	13.0	13.6	11.0	9.9	8.1	8.4	8.0	8.4	HSV^{Table 4 Footnote 2}	8.3	HSV^{Table 4 Footnote 2}
	20-24	29.7	27.9	28.6	31.0	24.4	24.3	25.6	21.3	18.9	22.0	16.1	14.2	21.9	13.4^{Table 4 Footnote 1}
	25-44	26.0	28.8	27.7	25.9	22.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	23.1	19.7	20.6	16.9	17.6	17.4	13.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	16.8	18.0
	45+	16.4	17.4	18.1	14.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	14.0	13.2	13.2	12.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	14.4	14.6	13.4	12.1	13.6	10.7
Nova Scotia	15+	25.1	25.8	21.1	21.6	19.3	15.4	16.7	17.6	16.8	16.2	16.6	16.9	15.0	13.1
	15-19	22.0	18.7	19.0	15.8	14.1	11.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	8.2	9.1	8.8	8.1	8.1	7.7	6.8^{Table 4 Footnote *}	HSV^{Table 4 Footnote 2}
	20-24	30.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	31.0	27.3	24.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	27.7	22.8	18.7	23.6	18.7	20.2	23.7	17.9	21.2	15.0^{Table 4 Footnote 1}
	25-44	32.6	33.3	25.8	27.2	22.9	19.3	24.0	23.9	19.9	19.9	20.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	22.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	17.3	19.4
	45+	18.3	20.0	16.6	17.9	16.1	12.1	12.8	14.0	15.7	14.6	14.6	15.0	13.9	10.4^{Table 4 Footnote 1}
New Brunswick	15+	22.1	23.3	21.9	18.6	20.9	20.4	17.9	18.6	17.7	16.9	17.8	15.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	15.0	15.1
	15-19	19.4	23.1	19.0	12.7	16.8	12.9	12.9	10.0	12.4	10.9	12.2	7.3^{Table 4 Footnote *}	11.0^{Table 4 Footnote *}	HSV^{Table 4 Footnote 2}
	20-24	28.6	28.8	32.0	25.1	26.8	22.8	22.1	22.2	19.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	21.0	22.3	22.3	17.1	20.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}
	25-44	26.1	27.9	29.1	24.1	27.4	28.0	25.1	22.3	24.0	18.9	22.1	19.9	17.8	18.9
	45+	17.9	18.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	14.7	14.0	15.7	15.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	12.9	16.9	14.3	16.0	15.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	13.1	13.7	13.2
Quebec	15+	25.4	23.2	20.3	21.8	19.6	16.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	18.7	16.1	17.3	15.6	16.1	15.1	15.4	12.6
	15-19	24.7	20.6	19.7	24.8	17.2	13.9	14.8	10.9	10.6	9.9	11.0	10.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	8.2	7.7^{Table 4 Footnote *}
	20-24	31.1	30.8	24.7	27.1	25.3	23.4	22.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	22.8	21.2	21.7	19.8	18.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	16.9	13.8
	25-44	27.9	28.6	25.3	23.7	23.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	20.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	23.6	14.8	20.0	17.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	15.8	18.9	17.4	14.9
	45+	22.1	17.8	15.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	18.8	16.1	12.7	15.2	16.8	15.8	14.3	16.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	12.9	15.1	11.6
Ontario	15+	19.3	17.7	16.4	16.2	15.6	14.0	13.2	12.2	14.7	11.6	11.6	11.1	13.1	10.8
	15-19	18.2	16.6	13.8	13.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	7.9	10.3	9.0	7.3	7.7	7.1	5.4^{Table 4 Footnote *}	5.2^{Table 4 Footnote *}	HSV^{Table 4 Footnote 2}	HSV^{Table 4 Footnote 2}
	20-24	26.8	21.1	23.1	21.6	19.1	16.6	14.7	15.3	14.3	17.9	11.0	11.9	12.7	10.8
	25-44	24.2	21.8	16.6	20.2	18.1	20.0	17.9	15.8	15.4	12.3	12.8	12.0	13.7	12.0^{Table 4 Footnote *}
	45+	13.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	13.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	15.4	12.2	14.3	9.1	10.0	9.7	15.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	10.8	11.8	10.9	14.3	10.8
Manitoba	15+	18.9	21.9	21.1	17.0	16.0	16.4	16.9	15.1	15.3	15.6	14.7	15.4	14.0	13.3
	15-19	22.3	18.9	22.7	14.9	11.8	14.2	12.8	10.3	11.2	8.9	10.2	7.9^{Table 4 Footnote *}	7.4	5.9^{Table 4 Footnote *}
	20-24	24.4	31.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	26.2	25.3	22.3	18.1	25.3	22.0	21.1	16.9	18.8	17.7	16.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	14.1
	25-44	24.3	27.1	24.9	19.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	22.0	18.1	20.2	18.4	17.4	18.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	18.1	20.2	16.6	15.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}
	45+	12.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	16.3	16.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	13.8	11.0	15.3	13.7	12.4	13.6	14.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	12.4	13.1	13.1	13.0
Saskatchewan	15+	21.3	25.3	21.0	16.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	19.8	17.9	17.8	18.2	19.0	16.2	18.0	16.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	14.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	14.7
	15-19	22.6	19.1	20.0	21.0	22.0	14.9	16.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	11.6	12.6	10.6	9.1	11.7	11.4	14.1
	20-24	27.4	31.4	30.0	25.4	25.1	22.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	27.7	24.6	20.9	19.7	16.8	17.3	15.6	17.0
	25-44	25.6	33.0	24.9	19.4	22.4	23.9	22.8	22.6	22.9	19.7	24.7	18.4	18.6	15.1
	45+	16.1	19.1	16.2	11.7	16.3	13.3	12.7	15.4	17.3	14.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	15.6	16.0	12.3	14.1
Alberta	15+	21.9	20.2	20.9	18.4	16.0	16.2	15.9	16.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	16.4	15.8	13.8	14.9	14.8	14.0
	15-19	20.6	20.6	17.9	16.4	11.1	9.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	13.3	9.3	13.6	9.4	HSV^{Table 4 Footnote 2}	8.7^{Table 4 Footnote *}	HSV^{Table 4 Footnote 2}	HSV^{Table 4 Footnote 2}
	20-24	32.7	23.4	26.7	20.6	22.4	21.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	19.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	20.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	19.3	21.1	18.1	15.0	14.8	15.4
	25-44	23.8	23.7	24.7	20.4	22.0	17.2	19.8	19.7	18.4	16.9	15.9	19.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	16.9	13.0^{Table 4 Footnote *}
	45+	17.4	15.7	16.3	16.4	9.8	15.6	12.1	14.2	14.6	15.0	12.6	11.9	14.7	16.1
British Columbia	15+	16.3	15.7	13.6	12.7	12.6	11.8	10.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	11.7	11.3	10.4	11.8	10.9	11.1	9.6
	15-19	14.1	12.7	10.8	10.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	9.4	6.3	8.7	6.1	5.6	8.9	HSV^{Table 4 Footnote 2}	HSV^{Table 4 Footnote 2}	7.9^{Table 4 Footnote *}	HSV^{Table 4 Footnote 2}
	20-24	19.9	20.8	19.0	14.9	14.4	17.6	16.9	13.6	11.9	11.9	8.9^{Table 4 Footnote *}	13.8	8.6^{Table 4 Footnote *}	10.0^{Table 4 Footnote *}
	25-44	20.4	18.9	15.4	15.7	14.8	12.4	11.8	12.3	12.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↑}	11.0	18.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	11.4^{Table 4 Footnote *}	12.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}^{Table 4 Footnote *}	13.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}^{Table 4 Footnote *}
	45+	12.3	12.5^{Table 4 Footnote ↓}	11.7	10.3	11.1	11.2	8.7	11.8	11.2	10.1	8.7	10.7	11.0	7.7

Table 5 - Percentage of current and daily smokers, by education, age 15+ years, Canada 1999 to 2012
	Educational Level	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Table 5 Footnotes Table 5 Footnote 1 Rounding up to integer Return to table 5 footnote ↑ referrer Table 5 Footnote 2 Rounding down to integer Return to table 5 footnote ↓ referrer
Current Smoker	Secondary	29.0	29.6	25.7	24.2	22.8	21.0	21.0	21.1	20.4	20.8	23.3	20.7	21.9	19.5^{Table 5 Footnote ↓}
	Completed Secondary	27.7	27.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	22.3	22.2	22.5^{Table 5 Footnote ↑}	22.9	22.3	22.3	20.0	20.8	18.1
	Completed College	22.8	24.5^{Table 5 Footnote ↑}	21.9	21.0	22.0	20.8	19.5^{Table 5 Footnote ↑}	19.3	20.1	18.5^{Table 5 Footnote ↑}	15.7	16.0	19.1	17.5^{Table 5 Footnote ↑}
	Completed University	17.2	13.9	12.7	13.2	12.9	13.6	10.6	10.9	11.7	10.0	9.3	10.2	8.9	10.2
Daily Smoker	Secondary	25.1	25.2	22.5^{Table 5 Footnote ↓}	21.3	18.9	17.4	17.7	17.2	17.0	16.9	19.1	17.2	18.9	15.1
	Completed Secondary	23.2	22.7	19.6	19.8	19.7	17.4	17.8	17.7	18.5^{Table 5 Footnote ↑}	17.5^{Table 5 Footnote ↓}	17.7	16.6	16.4	14.1
	Completed College	19.5^{Table 5 Footnote ↓}	18.7	19.1	16.1	17.5^{Table 5 Footnote ↓}	16.3	17.0	14.1	15.8	13.9	12.2	12.1	15.7	12.8
	Completed University	12.3	9.7	9.7	9.7	8.6	8.5^{Table 5 Footnote ↓}	7.1	7.2	8.9	5.8	6.0	6.4	5.8	5.8

Table 6 - Average number of cigarettes smoked per day among daily smokers, by age group and sex, age 15+ years, Canada 1999 to 2012
Age Group (years)	Sex	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
15+	Both Sexes	17.4	16.8	16.2	16.4	15.9	15.2	15.7	15.5	15.5	14.9	14.5	15.1	14.4	15.0
	Male	18.6	19.0	17.1	17.9	17.3	16.4	17.2	16.9	17.0	16.4	15.8	16.4	15.2	16.8
	Female	15.9	14.4	15.0	14.8	14.0	13.8	13.7	13.8	13.7	13.0	12.9	13.2	13.3	12.7
15-19	Both Sexes	13.1	12.7	12.9	12.9	12.3	11.6	11.0	12.3	11.7	12.2	11.4	11.6	11.7	11.1
20-24		15.0	12.7	12.9	12.9	12.3	11.6	11.0	12.3	11.7	12.2	12.9	12.7	11.9	12.7
25-34		15.8	16.2	14.4	14.2	15.0	13.6	14.4	13.8	13.2	13.2	12.5	14.3	11.8	13.3
35-44		19.0	17.6	17.9	18.1	15.5	16.0	16.2	16.0	16.1	15.7	13.4	14.9	14.8	15.3
45-54		19.6	18.5	17.2	18.4	17.8	17.8	19.0	17.9	17.2	15.7	16.9	16.6	16.6	15.9
55+		18.0	18.4	17.7	17.6	18.4	15.9	15.7	15.8	16.6	16.7	15.8	15.9	15.2	16.6
15-17		12.3	11.5	12.2	12.1	11.5	10.2	9.2	12.1	10.4	10.8	11.8	11.0	11.0	8.8
18-19		13.9	13.9	13.5	13.8	13.1	12.7	12.2	12.4	12.5	13.0	11.1	12.0	12.2	12.3
20-22		15.1	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.0	13.1	13.2	12.9	12.9	12.3	14.2	12.4	11.5	13.2
23-24		14.7	14.0	14.2	14.3	12.2	12.4	13.5	12.8	13.1	12.1	11.3	13.2	12.6	11.7
25+		18.1	17.7	16.8	17.1	16.5	15.7	16.4	16.0	15.9	15.4	14.8	15.5	14.7	15.4

Table 7 - Percentage of children exposed at home to Environmental Tobacco Smoke ( ETS), age 0 to 11 years, by province, Canada 1999 to 2012
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Table 7 Footnotes Table 7 Footnote 1 High sampling variability - although an estimate may be determined from the table, data should be suppressed. Return to table 7 footnote 1 referrer Table 7 Footnote 2 Rounding up to integer Return to table 7 footnote ↑ referrer Table 7 Footnote 3 Rounding down to integer Return to table 7 ootnote ↓ referrer Table 7 Footnote 4 Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution. Return to table 7 footnote * referrer
Canada	26.1	24.3	19.2	16.1	13.7	11.7	9.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↓}	9.2	7.3	5.8	4.6	4.4	3.9	3.3
Newfoundland and Labrador	32.1	28.9	23.2	20.9	15.6	11.9	9.4	8.1	6.0	5.7	3.3	3.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↓}^{Table 7 Footnote *}	HSV^{Table 7 Footnote 1}	HSV^{Table 7 Footnote 1}
Prince Edward Island	29.3	25.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↑}	25.9	17.1	15.7	13.1	11.7	9.4	6.6	5.8	4.6	3.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↓}^{Table 7 Footnote *}	HSV^{Table 7 Footnote 1}	HSV^{Table 7 Footnote 1}
Nova Scotia	30.7	28.3	22.3	20.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↑}	15.8	13.3	13.0	10.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↑}	6.6	6.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↓}	5.4	4.7^{Table 7 Footnote *}	3.0^{Table 7 Footnote *}	3.9
New Brunswick	23.1	25.6	24.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↓}	17.9	16.8	15.2	12.0	10.6	10.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↓}	7.8	5.6	3.8^{Table 7 Footnote *}	3.8	3.3^{Table 7 Footnote *}
Quebec	38.9	35.7	27.9	25.9	24.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↑}	23.4	17.4	18.4	13.6	11.6	11.3	8.9	8.9	7.2
Ontario	22.3	19.4	14.6	12.1	9.3	7.1	6.2	5.0	4.9	2.9	HSV^{Table 7 Footnote 1}	HSV^{Table 7 Footnote 1}	HSV^{Table 7 Footnote 1}	HSV^{Table 7 Footnote 1}
Manitoba	24.6	28.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↑}	22.7	17.3	14.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↑}	13.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↓}	11.3	11.0	7.9	6.8	6.4	4.9	3.9	4.0
Saskatchewan	29.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↑}	31.9	25.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↓}	18.4	16.6	16.1	12.6	12.6	10.3	9.2	8.4	5.2	5.9	4.0^{Table 7 Footnote *}
Alberta	25.4	21.0	19.2	14.6	11.3	8.9	8.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↓}	8.8	6.2	5.6	4.0	2.7^{Table 7 Footnote *}	3.3	HSV^{Table 7 Footnote 1}
British Columbia	11.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↓}	14.9	8.9	6.5^{Table 7 Footnote ↓}	6.0	4.1	3.8	3.0	3.7	2.7	HSV^{Table 7 Footnote 1}	HSV^{Table 7 Footnote 1}	HSV^{Table 7 Footnote 1}	HSV^{Table 7 Footnote 1}

Table 8 - Select CTUMS percentages, age 15+ years, Canada 1999 to 2012
Smoking status
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Table 8 Footnotes Table 8 Footnote 1 Women age 20-44 years who are daily, nondaily or former smokers (who quit less than 5 years ago) and were pregnant in the last 5 years. Return to table 8 footnote 1 referrer Tale 8 Footnote 2 Women age 20-44 years who were pregnant in the last 5 years and who reported that they had a spouse/partner. Return to table 8 footnote 2 referrer Table 8 Footnote 3 High sampling variability - although an estimate may be determined from the table, data should be suppressed. Return to table 8 footnote 3 referrer Table 8 Footnote 4 Not asked in the survey. Return to table 8 footnote 4 referrer Table 8 Footnote 5 Rounding up to integer Return to table 8 footnote ↑ referrer Table 8 Footnote 6 Rounding down to integer Return to table 8 footnote ↓ referrer Table 8 Footnote 7 Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution. Return to table 8 footnote * referrer
Current smokers	25.2	24.4	21.7	21.4	20.9	19.6	18.7	18.6	19.2	17.9	17.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↑}	16.7	17.3	16.1
Daily smokers	21.0	19.9	18.1	17.6	16.6	15.0	15.0	14.2	15.3	13.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↓}	13.6	13.1	13.7	11.9
Nondaily smokers	4.4	4.7	3.7	3.9	4.2	4.6	3.7	4.4	3.9	4.4	4.0	3.7	3.6	4.3
Former smokers	25.3	25.9	22.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↓}	24.9	26.3	25.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↓}	27.7	27.1	28.0	28.7	26.8	26.4	25.3	27.9
Never smokers	49.4	49.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↓}	54.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↓}	53.6	52.8	54.9	53.6	54.3	52.7	53.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↓}	55.7	56.9	57.3	55.9
Ever smokers	50.6	50.4	45.6	46.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↓}	47.3	45.1	46.4	45.7	47.3	46.6	44.3	43.1	42.7	44.1
Quit attempts
Attempted to quit past 12 months, daily smokers	N/A^{Table 8 Footnote 4}	47.8	49.4	45.3	70.8	46.4	48.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↑}	47.6	46.8	49.4	45.2	46.2	42.3	45.1
Smoking behaviour
Smoked during first 5 min after waking, daily smokers	24.6	23.9	21.8	24.9	29.2	22.7	23.8	21.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↓}	23.4	23.0	21.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↓}	17.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↑}	20.1	21.8
Smoked during first 30 min after waking, daily smokers	56.2	55.2	58.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↓}	58.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↓}	60.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↓}	56.6	60.1	54.4	59.1	58.1	55.7	56.2	53.1	60.9
Children exposed to ETS
Children age 0 to 11 years regularly exposed to ETS at home	26.3	24.3	19.2	16.1	13.7	11.7	9.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↓}	9.2	7.3	5.8	4.6	4.4	3.9	3.3
Children age 12 to 17 years regularly exposed to ETS at home	31.6	31.1	26.9	23.0	19.0	19.4	16.4	14.2	13.0	11.4	9.8	8.8	7.1	6.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↓}
Children age 0 to 17 years regularly exposed to ETS at home	28.2	27.0	22.1	18.7	15.8	14.7	12.1	11.2	9.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↑}	8.0	6.7	6.2	5.1	4.5^{Table 8 Footnote ↓}
Smoking and pregnancy
Smoked regularly during most recent pregnancy^{Table 8 Footnote 1}	N/A^{Table 8 Footnote 4}	N/A^{Table 8 Footnote 4}	N/A^{Table 8 Footnote 4}	11.4	11.0^{Table 8 Footnote *}	8.2^{Table 8 Footnote *}	9.3^{Table 8 Footnote *}	9.8	9.9	8.8	8.7	8.2	6.9	6.3^{Table 8 Footnote *}
Spouse smoked regularly during most recent pregnancy^{Table 8 Footnote 2}	N/A^{Table 8 Footnote 4}	N/A^{Table 8 Footnote 4}	N/A^{Table 8 Footnote 4}	13.1	12.2^{Table 8 Footnote *}	7.2^{Table 8 Footnote *}	6.9^{Table 8 Footnote *}	7.3^{Table 8 Footnote *}	3.3^{Table 8 Footnote *}	5.4	4.1^{Table 8 Footnote *}	5.2^{Table 8 Footnote *}	2.3^{Table 8 Footnote *}	HSV^{Table 8 Footnote 3}

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