Across the country, just over one in five Canadians (21 per cent) say they smoked tobacco over the course of the past year. Alberta and Quebec are currently home to the largest proportions of smokers (29 per cent and 26 per cent respectively), while the numbers are lower in Ontario (18 per cent), British Columbia (also 18 per cent), Atlantic Canada (17 per cent) and Saskatchewan and Manitoba (16 per cent).

Similar proportions of Canadians aged 18 to 34 (20 per cent), aged 35 to 54 (22 per cent) and aged 55 and over (21 per cent) used a cigarette, cigar or pipe in the past year. A generational shift is more evident on vaping, which stands at 16 per cent across the country but climbs to 27 per cent among the youngest adults.

Earlier this year, Canada became the first country to mandate printed warning labels on individual cigarettes. Just over two-thirds of Canadians (68 per cent) agree........

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