Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada

2. Provincial Results B-1 Download PDF (183 Kbytes)
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2.1	Introduction B-1
2.2	Cigarette Smoking Status of BC Residents B-1
2.3	The Social Demographics of Cigarette Smoking B-4
2.4	Frequency of Cigarette Smoking among Current Users B-12
2.4.1	Days Smoked in the Past Month B-12
2.4.2	Cigarettes per Day by Daily Smokers B-14
2.4.3	Cigarettes per Day by Non-Daily Smokers B-17
2.5	Age of Initiation for Cigarette Smoking B-20
2.5.1	Cigarette Smoking B-21
2.6	Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) among Non-Smokers B-23
2.6.1	Irritation from Exposure to ETS B-23
2.6.2	Overall Exposure to ETS B-29
2.6.3	Exposure to ETS at Home B-30
2.6.4	Exposure to ETS at Work or School B-40
2.6.5	Exposure to ETS in Other Indoor Settings B-47

Introduction
The results in this report 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 ą0.7% 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).

Information in this report pertains to the base questionnaire - prevalence of cigarette smoking, demographics of cigarette smoking, frequency of use, age of initiation, and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. Information on alternate forms of tobacco (cigars, pipes and smokeless tobacco) are covered in their own chapter.

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