(B&W) PROTECTED BY MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION PROTECTIVE ORDER
TABLE 2c
PERCENTAGE OF REGULAR CIGARETTE SMOKERS OF BOTH SEXES IN THE TOTAL POPULATION
15 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER, ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF CIGARETTES
SMOKED PER DAY, BY AGE GROUP, CANADA, 19 65 , 1970, 1972
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Age. Number of Cigaret 'tes Difference
Group Smoked Per Day 1965 1970 1972 1965-70 1965-72
Total 1-10 11.5 10.0 9.7 -1.5 -1.8
15 years 11-25 27.8 26.7 26.3 -1.1 -1.5
and over 25 3.5 3.9 3.8 0.4 0.3
over
Total regular smokers 42.8 40.6 39.8 -2.2 -3.0
15-19 1-10 13.3 14.7 15.3 1.4 2.0
years 11-25 12.9 15.0 16.1 2.1 3.2
over 25 0.7 0.7 0.0 -0.2
Total regular smokers 27.0 30.5 31.8 3.5 4.8
1-10 14.1 11.6 11.3 -2.5 -2.8
years 11-25 34.7 33.1 32.7 -1.6 -2.0
over 25 2.6 3.0 2.7 0.4. 0.1
Total regular smokers 51.3 47.7 46.7 -3.6 -4.6
25-44 1-10 11.4 8.9 8.3 -2.5 -3.1
years 11-25 35.6 33.5 32.5 -2.1' -3.1
over 25 4.7 5.3 5.2 0.6 0.5
Total regular smokers 51.7 47. 7. 46.1. -4.0 -5.6
.45-64 1-10 11.1 9.2 9.0 -1.9 -2.1
years 11-25 29.0 27.1 26.7 -1.9 -2.3
'O. 4
over 25 4.5 4.9 4.9 0.4
Total regular smokers 44.6 41.2 40.6 -3.4 -4.0
65 years. 1-10 8.1 7.4 6.7 -0.7 -1.4
and over 11-25 10.7 11.1 11.0 0.4 0.3
over 25 1.3 1.5 1.7 0.2 0.4
Total regular smokers 20.0 20.1 19.4 0.1 -0.6
20 years 1-10 11.2 9.2 8.7 -2.0 -2.5
.and over 11-25 30.2 28.6 28.0 -1.6 -2.2
over 25 .3.9 4.4 4.3 0.5 0.4
Total regular smokers 45.3 4 2. 2 - 41.1 -3.1 -4.2
Percentage based on population estimates les's than 10,000.
Notes: Percentages may not add exactly to the totals due to rounding.
Regular Cigarette Smokers are those who usually smoke cigarettes
every day.
Source: Percentages based on data collected with the Labour Force Surveys
by Statistics Canada.