Susceptibility to smoking by province

See data table below with 95% confidence intervals. The percentage of never-smokers in grades 7-9 who were susceptible to smoking varied significantly by province⁸⁵ (Figure 7.6). For example, just 30.9% of students in Prince Edward Island were susceptible to smoking, while 43.1% of students in Nova Scotia were susceptible.

Figure 7.5 data table with 95% confidence intervals

Percentage of never-smokers in Grades 7-9 who were susceptible to smoking, by province, 2016-2017
Canada	34.0 [32.7-35.2]
British Columbia	34.5 [31.9-37.2]
Alberta	34.3 [32.1-36.4]
Saskatchewan	37.8 [34.5-41.2]
Manitoba	32.9 [30.0-35.9]
Ontario	33.3 [31.1-35.6]
Quebec	33.6 [31.3-35.9]
New Brunswick	*
Nova Scotia	43.1 [40.8-45.4]
Prince Edward Island	30.9 [29.2-32.67]
Newfoundland & Labrador	33.2 [30.7-35.7]

*New Brunswick declined to participate in the 2016-17 cycle of the Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CSTADS)

Data source: Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CSTADS) 2016-2017