Smoking Facts

Smoking Prevalence

Quick Facts

• 23% of Albertans are smokers (18% smoke daily, 5% are occasional smokers).
• The highest prevalence of smokers in Alberta is among 20-24 year olds (30%).
• 21% of Canadians aged 15+ smoke.
• Smoking rates in Canada are higher among men (23%) than women (20%).
• Smoking rates in Canada are highest among men in the 20-24 age group (31%).
• Smoking among teens aged 15-19 has been rising since 1990 and is now at 22% (23% females, 21% males).
• Smoking rates for Aboriginal people are much higher than the national average (62%).
• 3% of Canadians use cigars/cigarillos, and 1% use smokeless tobacco. Smokeless tobacco experimentation rates among teens in Alberta are double the national average: 20% have tried chewing tobacco or moist snuff, and 7% have tried dry snuff.

Smoke Free Myths (video Windows Media)

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