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Risk Factors and Behaviours - Smoking Related
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Risk Factors and Behaviours - Smoking Related
Indicators Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit Ontario Year of Data and Source of Information
% Daily smoker age 12 and over males 23.3 males 18.7 Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2003
females 19.4 females 14.8
both 21.3 both 16.7
% Occasional smoker age 12 and over males 7.3* males 6.2 Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2003
females 4.4* females 4.6
both 5.8* both 5.4
Smoking initiation age, age 12 and over, smokers and former smokers 12 - 14 26.4 12 - 14 26.8 Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2003
15 - 19 52  15 - 19 49.7

* Interpret with caution due to sampling variability.

 

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