TABLE 1—
Characteristics of Current Daily Smokers (n = 22 659): Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 1.1, 2000–2001
| Characteristic | Percentage or Mean (SD) |
| Gender | |
| Men | 52.27 |
| Women | 47.73 |
| Age, y | 40.43 (14.94) |
| Marital status | |
| Married or common-law | 53.90 |
| Widowed, separated, or divorced | 15.97 |
| Single | 30.13 |
| Education | |
| Less than secondary-school graduation | 31.93 |
| Secondary-school graduation | 23.16 |
| Some postsecondary school | 9.16 |
| Postsecondary-school graduation | 35.76 |
| Income adequacya | |
| Lowest income | 5.58 |
| Lower-middle income | 9.61 |
| Middle income | 22.96 |
| Upper-middle income | 32.47 |
| Highest income | 20.63 |
| Missing income | 8.75 |
| Race | |
| White | 90.98 |
| Other | 9.02 |
| Smoking behaviors | |
| No. of cigarettes smoked daily | 16.86 (9.27) |
| No. of years smoking | 22.96 (14.36) |
| Age, y, initiated daily smoking | 17.43 (4.95) |
| Cessation attempt | |
| Did not try to quit during the past year | 60.43 |
| Tried to quit during the past year | 39.57 |
Note. Percentages and means are weighted because of data regulations imposed by Statistics Canada.
aTotal household income adjusted for number of individuals residing in household.