Percentage of never-smokers in Grades 6-9 who were susceptible to smoking*, by grade, 1994-2014-2015
| Survey Year |
1994 |
2002 |
2004-05 |
2006-07 |
2008-09 |
2010-11 |
2012-13 |
2014-15 |
| Overall |
21.6 |
15.5 |
38.1 [35.4-40.8] |
33.9 [32.3-35.5] |
32.1 [31.1-33.1] |
31.8 [30.5-33.1] |
30.5 [29.4-31.7] |
30.6 [28.9-32.3] |
| Grade 6 |
17.6 |
11.5 |
36.2 [33.0-39.3] |
31.3 [28.9-33.6] |
28.6 [26.5-30.8] |
27.7 [25.4-29.9] |
25 [23.3-26.8] |
23.8 [21.8-25.8] |
| Grade 7 |
22.3 |
14.6 |
40.1 [36.5-43.6] |
35.2 [32.1-38.3] |
30.8 [29.0-32.7] |
31.3 [29.2-33.4] |
30.9 [28.8-33.0] |
29.4 [26.1-32.8] |
| Grade 8 |
24.7 |
18.9 |
40.8 [35.2-46.4] |
35.8 [33.3-38.3] |
35.4 [33.5-37.2] |
34.6 [32.2-37.0] |
33.2 [31.0-35.3] |
34.2 [31.4-36.9] |
| Grade 9 |
24.6 |
19.3 |
35.1 [30.0-40.3] |
33.5 [31.0-36.1] |
34.5 [32.6-36.3] |
34.2 [31.8-36.6] |
33.2 [30.1-36.4] |
35.0 [32.1-38.0] |
** Students were classified as NOT susceptible if they responded “definitely not” to the following three items: “Do you think in the future you might try smoking cigarettes?”, “If one of your best friends was to offer you a cigarette would you smoke it?”, and “At any time during the next year do you think you will smoke a cigarette?”; all other students were classified as susceptible. In 1994 and 2002, students were classified as NOT susceptible if they responded “No” to both of the following items: “Have you ever seriously thought about trying smoking?” and “Do you think you might try smoking within the next month?”; others were classified as susceptible.
Data source: Youth Smoking Survey, 1994, 2002, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2012-13; Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey 2014-2015
