Table 1. Characteristics of Youth in Grades 9–12, by Bidi and Hookah Use, Youth Smoking Survey, Canada, 2010a .
| Sample Characteristics | Prevalence (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever Use of Bidis (n = 1,601,400)b | Current Use of Bidis (n = 1,570,400)b | Ever Use of Hookahs (n = 1,601,400)b | Current Use of Hookahs (n = 1,570,400)b | |
| All Youth | 1.8 | 1.0 | 10.1 | 4.0 |
| Grade level | ||||
| 9th | 1.7 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 2.2 |
| 10th | 1.8 | 0.6 | 7.4 | 3.0 |
| 11th | 2.1 | 1.2 | 12.0 | 4.6 |
| 12th | 1.8 | 1.1 | 15.8 | 6.4 |
| Provincec | ||||
| Atlantic Canadad | 2.9 | 1.6 | 6.8 | 3.5 |
| Quebec | NAf | NAf | 12.8 | 3.9 |
| Ontario | 1.1 | 0.6 | 8.7 | 4.1 |
| Prairiese | 2.7 | 1.7 | 10.3 | 3.6 |
| British Columbia | 1.9 | 1.1 | 11.9 | 4.6 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| White | 1.3 | 0.4 | 10.1 | 3.6 |
| Black, Latin, other | 4.4 | 3.2 | 14.5 | 6.9 |
| Asian | 1.4 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 2.3 |
| Aboriginal | 2.4 | 1.8 | 9.4 | 4.5 |
| Cigarette smoking statusg | ||||
| Nonsmoker | 0.9 | 0.4 | 6.4 | 2.1 |
| Former | 5.4 | NAf | 48.1 | NAf |
| Current | 11.1 | 6.6 | 40.3 | 21.2 |
| Ever use of flavored tobacco productsg | ||||
| No | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.7 |
| Yes | 6.1 | 3.2 | 32.1 | 13.8 |
| Current use of flavored bidig | ||||
| No | NA | 0.3 | 9.2 | 3.2 |
| Yes | NA | 74.0 | 69.2 | 65.9 |
| Current use of flavored tobacco in a water pipeg | ||||
| No | 1.1 | 0.3 | NA | 1.5 |
| Yes | 25.0 | 21.3 | NA | 80.6 |
| Marijuana use statusg | ||||
| Nonuser | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 0.7 |
| Occasional user | 2.0 | 1.1 | 18.2 | 5.7 |
| Frequent user | 9.9 | 5.3 | 42.6 | 20.6 |
| Current alcohol useg | ||||
| Nondrinker | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 0.6 |
| Occasional drinker | 1.4 | 0.4 | 12.0 | 4.3 |
| Frequent drinker | 6.8 | 4.2 | 29.8 | 13.2 |
Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.
a
Analyses were conducted using weighted data.
b
Weighted population estimates. Per Health Canada guidelines (16), weighted population estimates are rounded to the nearest hundred.
c
It is illegal to sell or give tobacco to anyone under the age of 18 in the provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, and Saskatchewan, and under the age of 19 in the provinces of British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Prince Edward Island.
d
Atlantic Canada (Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador).
e
Prairies (Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba).
f
Data were suppressed because the unweighted sample size was less than 30.
g
See Methods section for definitions of characteristics.