Smoking Statistics in Canada

Smoking statistics for Canada are generated by the Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring explore (Ctums) which collects data on tobacco use and linked issues in Canada. The data collected provides beneficial data on both the incidence (number of new smokers) and the prevalence (total number of smokers) of smoking in the Canadian population.

Overall the long term trends show that the prevalence of smoking in Canada is decreasing from a high of 35% of the citizen in 1985 to less than 18% of the citizen in 2008.

Passive Smokers

The province of British Columbia has the lowest rate of prevalence for smoking over the country (14.7%) with all prairie provinces having the highest prevalence at 20.8%. Remaining provinces were slightly above the national average, hovering around 19-20%.

Smoking Statistics in Canada

Here is how the Canadian smoking statistics break down by age groups. This data is from the 2008 Ctums database. Complete data sets for 2009 are not yet available.

• 15-19 yrs old. - 15% of this citizen classify themselves as smokers. While unchanged from the old year, this form is the lowest since Canada began collecting and monitoring smoking statistics. Some provinces such as Newfoundland and Labrador have shown a decrease of 3% in this age group from the old year.
• 20-24 yrs old. - 27% of this citizen are smoking. Among this age group males continue to smoke at a higher rate and smoke more cigarettes per capita than the female smokers in this age group.
• 25 - 45 yr old age group has the highest number of citizen who are giving up smoking. Between 25 and 45 yrs of age the number of citizen who classify themselves as old smokers increased by just over 16%.

Canada has been engaged in smoking discount efforts for over ten years. There has been a consistent endeavor to get the message out about the health risks of smoking. Laws have been passed in many provinces to preclude smoking in group structure and municipalities have implemented smoking bans that preclude smoking in any building, even bars and restaurants. Recently the smoking bans in Vancouver, Bc and surrounding areas have been extended to included a restriction on smoking cigarettes within 7 meters of a building entrance.

Some communities are considering smoking laws to originate smoke free outdoor patios, parks, and beaches. These types of measure reflect a change in the attitude of the group that welcomes regulation to protect the health of all citizens.

Since the smoking statistics show a clear drop in the prevalence of smoking in Canada it is clear there are a considerable number of citizen who are giving up smoking cigarettes. But more importantly, less and less Canadians are being influenced to take up the habit in the first place.

So of those citizen who are still in the smoking minority who are they? An examination of the group epidemiology reveals some inspiring statistics.

The highest prevalence of smokers is among the unemployed, poorly educated, and low earnings populations. The very citizen who have the least number of disposable earnings purchase the majority of cigarettes. For this citizen at least, it would appear that the economic impact of cigarette smoking is not leading enough to motivate a change in smoking behaviour.

Smoking Statistics in Canada

Why You Shouldn't Smoke?

We live in a crazy world where criminals are glorified and citizen are sometimes jailed for petty crimes. Yet virtually nothing is done about the sale of tobacco which is far more deadly than any criminal on the face of the earth.

Tobacco is a killer and it kills without mercy. In the United States cigarette smoking is responsible for over 400,000 deaths a year. Tobacco associated diseases kill over 276,000 men and 142,000 women yearly. citizen who smoke normally shorten their lives by about 2,250 days.

Passive Smokers

"A 25-year-old, two pack-a-day smoker of cigarettes has a life expectancy 8.3 years shorter than his non-smoking counterpart. For groups of men smoking fewer than 10 cigarettes per day, the loss of years of life expectancy is 4.6 years; smoking 10 to 19 cigarettes a day shortens the life, expectancy by 5.5 years; and smoking 20 to 39 cigarettes a day, by 6.2 years," said E.G. Hammond in "Life Expectancy of American Men in Relation to their Smoking Habits."

Why You Shouldn't Smoke?

Smoking causes other problems as well. Asset damage due to fires caused by cigarettes costs the American communal 0 million each year. But this number is small compared to the man-hours lost from smoking.

"The health-care costs of tobacco use in this country are staggering. Annually, we spend billion in healing costs and we lose billion because of loss of working time and decreased productivity from the effects of smoking. Each year smoking kills more Americans than died in battle in World War Ii and Vietnam combined," agreeing to Dr. David E. Larson, editor-in-chief of the "Mayo Clinic family health Book."

"Smoking is the particular largest, preventable cause of premature death and disability in this country. One in six deaths in the United States each year is associated with cigarette smoking. The American Lung association states that smoking kills more Americans each year than cocaine/heroin, alcohol abuse, accidents, homicide and suicide combined," Larson added.

Why do citizen smoke in spite of these grim statistics? Some say smoking helps them relax and ease tension. Others seen tobacco as an flee from their daily problems or as a way of coping with the demands of their profession. Still others say that smoking perks up their day and prepares them for what lies ahead.

But the presume why citizen smoke is simple. The nicotine in tobacco is a very addictive drug. More than 85 percent of adolescents who smoke more than one cigarette eventually become a tobacco addict - that's why it is difficult to stop. (Next: More reasons why citizen smoke.)

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Why You Shouldn't Smoke?