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Conclusions: These findings suggest that the expansion of crack pipe distribution services has likely served to reduce health problems from smoking crack in this setting. They provide evidence supporting crack pipe distribution programs as a harm reduction service for crack smokers. Keywords: Crack smoking, Crack pipe acquisition, Harm reduction
- Introduction
- Tobacco Products and E-Cigarette Use
- Drug Use and Abuse
- Alcohol
- Reference Information
The Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CTADS) is a biennial general population survey of tobacco, alcohol and drug use among Canadians aged 15 years and older. The CTADS is conducted by Statistics Canada on behalf of Health Canada. Understanding Canadian trends in tobacco, alcohol and drug use is vital to the effective development, impleme...
Current Cigarette Smoking
According to the Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CTADS), the prevalence of current cigarette smoking in 2015 was 13% (3.9 million smokers), a decrease from 15% (4.2 million smokers) in 2013 and the lowest national smoking rate ever recorded. Nine percent (9%) of Canadians (2.8 million) reported smoking daily, a decrease from 11% (3.1 million) reported in 2013. The prevalence of occasional smoking was 4%, unchanged from 2013. A higher percentage of males (16% or 2.3 million) than f...
Youth Cigarette Smoking
In 2015, current cigarette smoking among youth aged 15 to 19was 10% (201,000), unchanged from 2013. Four percent (4%) of youth reported smoking daily while 5% of youth reported smoking occasionally [daily and occasional rates do not add to 10% for current smoking due to rounding]. There was no difference in the prevalence of current cigarette smoking between male and female youth. In 2015, the smoking rate among youth aged 15 to 17 was 6% (72,000), unchanged from 2013. Three percent (3%) of y...
Young Adult Cigarette Smoking
The prevalence of smoking among young adults aged 20 to 24 was 18% (452,000) in 2015, unchanged from 2013. The current smoking rate for young adult males was 22% (281,000), higher than the rate for females at 14% (171,000). The rate of daily smoking among young adults in 2015 was 10%, while another 8% smoked occasionally. There was no difference in the prevalence of daily smoking between males and females. Young adults who reported smoking daily consumed an average of 11.8 cigarettes per day,...
Respondents were asked about past-year use of various illicit drugs including cannabis, cocaine or crack, ecstasy, speed or methamphetamines, hallucinogens or heroin. The prevalence of past-year use of at least one of six illicit drugs was 13% (or 3.7 million), an increase from 11% (or 3.1 million) in 2013. The observed increase from the previous c...
Respondents were asked about alcohol use, including questions examining the quantity of alcohol consumed.
Statistics Canada conducts CTADS on behalf of Health Canada. The target population for CTADS is all persons 15 years of age and older living in Canada, excluding residents of the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut and full-time residents of institutions. To allow provincial comparisons of approximately equal reliability, the overall sample si...
Jan 9, 2024 · Tobacco use is one of the leading risk factors for disease burden and mortality worldwide, contributing to 229.8 million (95% uncertainty interval: 213.1–246.4 million) disability-adjusted life years and 8.7 million (8.1–9.3 million) deaths in 2019 (ref. 1). Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure, alternatively referred to as passive or involuntary smoking, is a major tobacco-related public ...
The survey asked about past-30-day use of tobacco products including cigarettes, little cigars or cigarillos, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, and water-pipe tobacco. In 2021, 11.9% [95% CI: 11.0, 12.7] (3.6 million) of Canadians aged 15 years and older reported using at least one tobacco product in the past 30 days, unchanged from 2020.
tobacco, various smokeless tobacco products, cigars, cigarillos, roll-your-own tobacco, pipe tobacco, bidis and kreteks. Waterpipe tobacco use is damaging to health in similar ways to cigarette tobacco use. However, the health dangers of waterpipe tobacco use are often little understood by users. Smokeless tobacco use is highly addictive and ...
Download the 2022 report. We are pleased to share with you Tobacco Use in Canada: Patterns and Trends, 2022 Edition. Now in its ninth edition, this report builds on previous publications, and is a reference on tobacco use in Canada, with a focus on the most current data, as well as trend data between 1999 and 2020. This report uses data from ...
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In 2015, an estimated 12.5 million people in the United States aged 12 years or older were current cigar smokers (past 30 days). 4 In a recent analysis of National Adult Tobacco Survey 2013-2014 data, the authors report that 5.4% of US adults aged 18 years or older met the threshold for ever use (smoked ≥50 cigars over the lifetime) and currently used cigars daily, some days, or rarely. 5 ...
