Smoking status by age Canada 2022

In 2022, around 11 percent of Canadians aged 25 to 44 years were current smokers, while 72 percent had never smoked. This statistic shows the smoking status of Canadians in 2022, by age.

Percentage of Canadians who were smokers in 2022, by age

Characteristic	15-19 years	20-24 years	25-44 years	45 years and older
Current smoking	4.2%	7.7%	10.9%	12.3%
Daily smoking	1%	2.6%	7.3%	10.5%
Occasional smoking	3.2%	5.1%	3.7%	1.7%
Former smoking	1.3%	5%	17.3%	32.2%
Never smoking	94.5%	87.3%	71.7%	55.6%

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2022

Age group

15 years and older

Supplementary notes

Current Smoking- includes people who smoke daily and people who smoke occasionally, determined from the responses to the question "During the past 30 days, how often did you smoke cigarettes?"

Daily Smoking- refers to those who respond "daily" to the question "During the past 30 days, how often did you smoke cigarettes?"

Occasional Smoking- refers to those who respond "less than daily, but at least once a week" or "less than once a week, but at least once in the past month" to the question "During the past 30 days, how often did you smoke cigarettes?"

Former Smoking- refers to those who respond "not at all" to the question "During the past 30 days, how often did you smoke cigarettes?" and "yes" to the question "Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes (about 4 packs) in your life?" Adapted from Statistics Canada, canada.ca, 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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