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4. Alternate Forms of Tobacco D-1 Download PDF (111 Kbytes)
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4.1	Introduction D-1
4.2	Alternate Tobacco Use Status D-2
4.2.1	Smokeless Tobacco Use Status D-2
4.2.2	Cigar/Cigarillo Smoking Status D-4
4.2.3	Pipe Smoking Status D-6
4.2.4	Cigar, Pipe and Cigarette Smoking Status of Smokeless Tobacco Users D-7
4.2.5	Overall Tobacco Use Status D-10
4.2.6	Current Use of All Forms of Tobacco D-11
4.3	The Social Demographics of Alternate Tobacco Use D-14
4.3.1	Gender and Age D-14
4.3.2	Birthplace and Marital Status D-15
4.3.3	Income Adequacy and Education D-16
4.3.4	Ethnicity and Labour Force Status D-18
4.3.5	Summary D-20
4.4	Age of Initiation of Alternate Tobacco Use D-21
4.4.1	Smokeless Tobacco Use D-21
4.4.2	Cigar Smoking D-23
4.4.3	Pipe Smoking D-25
4.5	Smokeless Tobacco Users and Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure D-27
4.5.1	Irritation From Exposure to ETS D-27
4.5.2	Overall Exposure to ETS D-27
4.5.3	Frequency of ETS Exposure at Home D-28
4.5.4	Frequency of ETS Exposure at Work or School D-29
4.5.5	Frequency of ETS Exposure in Other Indoor Settings D-30
4.6	Demographics of Survey Samples D-33

Introduction
This report presents results on alternate tobacco use from two survey sources. The first source is the base survey conducted with over 18,000 B.C. residents (aged 12+). Information from this source covers the prevalence of alternate tobacco use, demographics of alternate tobacco use, and age of initiation. The second source deals specifically with smokeless tobacco users (e.g., chewing tobacco, pinch or snuff) due to the recent concern over use of these products. Respondents in this group were either contacted randomly through the base questionnaire, or from respondents referrals. This second source delves more deeply into smokeless tobacco users – daily vs. non-daily use, use of other forms of tobacco (cigars, pipes, cigarettes), age of initiation for daily and non-daily users, and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. Information from both sources have been integrated in this report.

Results from the base survey are based on approximately 1,000 interviews in each of the province's 18 Regional Health Boards or Community Health Services Societies. This resulted in a total of 18,030 telephone interviews conducted throughout the province via random digit dialing. The margin of error for a sample size of 18,030 is ±0.7% nineteen times out of twenty. The entire provincial sample was weighted to known age and gender proportions by the 18 RHBs/CHSSs (as per 1996 Statistics Canada data).

Survey results on current smokeless tobacco users are based on 258 telephone interviews for a margin of error of ±6.1% nineteen times out of twenty. Unlike previous reports, the results for smokeless tobacco users are unweighted since demographic characteristics and regional proportions for this sample are unknown.

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