CTUMS

Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) 2005

According to the latest results from the Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS), for data collected between February and December 2005, slightly fewer than 5 million people, representing 19% of the population aged 15 years and older, were current smokers, of which 15% reported smoking daily. Approximately 22% of men were current smokers, higher than the proportion of women (16%).

Table 1 - Smoking status and average number of cigarettes smoked per day, by age group and sex, age 15+ years, Canada 2005

Table 2 - Smoking status and average number of cigarettes smoked per day, by province, age group and sex, age 15+ years, Canada 2005

Table 3 - Nicotine dependence by age group and sex, daily smokers, age 15+ years, Canada 2005

Table 4 - Number of quit attempts in the past 12 months by age group and sex, daily smokers, age 15+ years, Canada 2005

Table 5 - Quit rates by age group and sex, age 15+ years, Canada 2005

Table 6 - Stages of change categories by age group and sex, by ever smokers (current and former smokers combined), age 15+ years, Canada 2005

Table 7 - Smoking and pregnancy, women age 20-44 years, Canada 2005

Table 8 - Smoking and education, age 15+ years, Canada 2005

Table 9 - Exposure of children at home to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS), by province and age group, Canada 2005

Data provided courtesy of Health Canada