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1 DAILY SMOKERS - AVERAGE KEY MESSAGES On average, daily smokers in Peel smoke 12 cigarettes per day (2011/2012) and this has remained stable over time. Daily smokers in Ontario smoke slightly more per day (14 cigarettes) compared to Peel (12 cigarettes). Page 1 of 8

2 DAILY SMOKERS - AVERAGE AVERAGE AMONG DAILY SMOKERS, PEEL AND ONTARIO, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012 PEEL 2007/2008 PEEL 2009/2010 PEEL 2011/2012 ONTARIO 2007/2008 ONTARIO 2009/2010 ONTARIO 2011/2012 TOTAL 12.7 (CI: ) 12.6 (CI: ) 12.4 (CI: ) 14.7 (CI: ) 14.5 (CI: ) 14.4 (CI: ) Male 13.3 (CI: ) 14.1 (CI: ) 12.9 (CI: ) 15.7 (CI: ) 15.7 (CI: ) 15.7 (CI: ) Female 11.5 (CI: ) 10.2 (CI: ) 11.3 (CI: ) 13.4 (CI: ) 12.9 (CI: ) 12.7 (CI: ) IMMIGRANT STATUS Recent immigrant 8.0* (CI: ) 8.2 (CI: ) 9.7* (CI: ) 10.2 (CI: ) 8.3 (CI: ) 9.2 (CI: ) Long-term immigrant 13.4 (CI: ) 12.3 (CI: ) 12.0 (CI: ) 13.2 (CI: ) 13.3 (CI: ) 13.1 (CI: ) Non-immigrant 12.6 (CI: ) 13.7 (CI: ) 13.2 (CI: ) 15.3 (CI: ) 15.2 (CI: ) 14.9 (CI: ) *Use estimate with caution. Daily Smoker is defined as a person who currently smokes daily and has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime. Source: Canadian Community Health Survey 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Page 2 of 8

3 DAILY SMOKERS - AMONG DAILY SMOKERS, PEEL, 2011/2012 Cigarettes TOTAL 36.9 (CI: ) 26.6* (CI: ) 11.4* (CI: ) 25.2* (CI: ) Male 32.3* (CI: ) 25.6* (CI: ) NR 27.9* (CI: ) Female 46.1* (CI: ) 28.4* (CI: ) NR 19.6* (CI: ) *Use estimate with caution. NR = Not releasable due to small numbers. Daily Smoker is defined as a person who currently smokes daily and has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime. Source: Canadian Community Health Survey 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Page 3 of 8

4 DAILY SMOKERS - AMONG DAILY SMOKERS, PEEL, 2009/2010 Cigarettes TOTAL 33.4* (CI: ) 26.5* (CI: ) 9.9* (CI: ) 30.2 (CI: ) Male 25.4* (CI: ) 25.6* (CI: ) 10.0* (CI: ) 39.0* (CI: ) Female 47.8* (CI: ) 27.9* (CI: ) 9.6* (CI: ) 16.4* (CI: ) *Use estimate with caution. Source: Canadian Community Health Survey 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Page 4 of 8

5 DAILY SMOKERS - AMONG DAILY SMOKERS, PEEL, 2007/2008 Cigarettes TOTAL 40.3 (CI: ) 19.5 (CI: ) 11.8* (CI: ) 28.3* (CI: ) Male 38.8* (CI: ) 18.4* (CI; ) 9.2* (CI: ) 33.5* (CI: ) Female 43.3* (CI: ) 21.7* (CI: ) 17.1* (CI: ) 17.8* (CI: ) *Use estimate with caution. Source: Canadian Community Health Survey 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Page 5 of 8

6 DAILY SMOKERS - AMONG DAILY SMOKERS, ONTARIO, 2011/2012 Cigarettes TOTAL 27.1 (CI: ) 27.4 (CI: ) 13.5 (CI: ) 32.0 (CI: ) Male 21.6 (CI: ) 24.9 (CI: ) 15.1 (CI: ) 38.5 (CI: ) Female 34.6 (CI: ) 30.8 (CI: ) 11.4 (CI: ) 23.2 (CI: ) Source: Canadian Community Health Survey 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Page 6 of 8

7 DAILY SMOKERS - AMONG DAILY SMOKERS, ONTARIO, 2009/2010 Cigarettes TOTAL 25.9 (CI: ) 27.1 (CI: ) 13.1 (CI: ) 34.0 (CI: ) Male 21.7 (CI: ) 23.3 (CI: ) 14.3 (CI: ) 40.7 (CI: ) Female 31.6 (CI: ) 32.2 (CI: ) 11.4 (CI: ) 24.8 (CI: ) Source: Canadian Community Health Survey 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/212, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Page 7 of 8

8 DAILY SMOKERS - AMONG DAILY SMOKERS, ONTARIO, 2007/2008 Cigarettes TOTAL 24.6 (CI: ) 27.6 (CI: ) 13.8 (CI: ) 34.1 (CI: ) Male 21.5 (CI: ) 24.7 (CI: ) 13.0 (CI: ) 40.7 (CI: ) Female 28.6 (CI: ) 31.4 (CI: ) 14.7 (CI: ) 25.3 (CI: ) Source: Canadian Community Health Survey 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Page 8 of 8

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