| 6.1 | Introduction F-1 |
| 6.2 | Tobacco Use Status of South Asian Population F-1 |
| 6.2.1 | Cigarette Smoking Status F-2 |
| 6.2.2 | Alternate Tobacco Use Status F-3 |
| 6.2.3 | Overall Tobacco Use Status F-6 |
| 6.3 | Social Demographics of Tobacco Use F-8 |
| 6.3.1 | Gender and Age F-8 |
| 6.3.2 | Birthplace and Marital Status F-9 |
| 6.3.3 | Income Adequacy and Education F-10 |
| 6.3.4 | Labour Force Status F-11 |
| 6.4 | Frequency of Cigarette Smoking among Current Users F-13 |
| 6.4.1 | Days Smoked in Past Month F-13 |
| 6.4.2 | Cigarettes per Day by Daily Smokers F-14 |
| 6.4.3 | Cigarettes per Day by Non-Daily Smokers F-14 |
| 6.5 | Age of Initiation for Tobacco Use F-15 |
| 6.5.1 | Age of Initiation for Cigarette Smoking F-15 |
| 6.5.2 | Age of Initiation for Cigars, Pipes & Smokeless Tobacco F-16 |
| 6.6 | Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) among Non-Smokers F-17 |
| 6.6.1 | Irritation From Exposure to ETS F-17 |
| 6.6.2 | Overall Exposure to ETS F-17 |
| 6.6.3 | Exposure to ETS at Home F-18 |
| 6.6.4 | Exposure to ETS at Work or School F-20 |
| 6.6.5 | Exposure to ETS in Other Indoor Settings F-21 |
| 6.7 | Demographics of Survey Samples F-24 |
The results in this report are based on 561 telephone interviews, 295 of which were randomly obtained throughout the course of the survey. The remaining 266 telephone interviews were obtained via a booster sample. The margin of error for a sample size of 561 is ±4.1% nineteen times out of twenty. Information on age and gender proportions for the South Asian population was not available. Therefore, the entire provincial sample was weighted to known age and gender proportions (as per Stats Can) and then the South Asian sample was tabulated separately.
Comparisons between the South Asian population and the entire province are made throughout this report. The reader is reminded that the South Asian population is also included in the provincial sample; the samples are not mutually exclusive.