Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, 2005: Cycle 1, Household File

The Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) was conducted by Statistics Canada fromFebruary to June 2004 with the cooperation and support of Health Canada. Statistics Canada has conducted smoking surveys on an ad hoc basis on behalf of Health Canada since the 1960s. These surveys have been done as supplements to the Canadian Labour Force Survey and as random digit dialing telephone surveys. In February 1994, a change in legislation was passed which allowed a reduction in cigarette taxes. Since there was no survey data from immediately before this legislative change, it was difficult for Health Canada or other interested analysts to measure exactly the impact of the change. As Health Canada wants to be able to monitor the consequences of legislative changes and anti-smoking policies on smoking behaviour, the Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) was designed to provide Health Canada and its partners/stakeholders with continual and reliable data on tobacco use and related issues. Since 1999, two CTUMS files have been released every year: a file with data collected from February to June and a file with the July to December data. Additionally, there is also a yearly summary. The present file covers the period from February to June 2004. The primary objective of the survey is to provide a continuous supply of smoking prevalence data against which changes in prevalence can be monitored. This objective differs from that of the National Population Health Survey (NPHS) which collects smoking data from a longitudinal sample to measure which individuals are changing their smoking behaviour, the possible factors which contribute to change, and the possible risk factors related to starting smoking and smoking duration. Because the NPHS collects data every two years and releases the data about a year after completing the collection cycle, it does not meet Health Canadarsquo;s need for continuous coverage in time, rapid delivery of data, or sufficient detail of the most at-risk populations, namely 15 to 24 year olds. The Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey allows Health Canada to look at smoking prevalence by province-sex-age group, for age groups 15 to 19, 20 to 24, 25 to 34, 35 to 44 and 45 and over, on a semiannual and annual basis. Data will continue to be collected on an on-going basis depending on availability of funds.

加拿大烟草使用监测调查（Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, CTUMS）由加拿大统计局于2004年2月至6月实施，得到加拿大卫生部的合作与支持。自20世纪60年代起，加拿大统计局便受加拿大卫生部委托，临时开展吸烟相关调查，这些调查以《加拿大劳动力调查》补充项目及随机数字拨号（Random Digit Dialing）电话调查的形式开展。1994年2月，加拿大通过立法修正案，允许降低卷烟税率。由于此次立法变更前后缺乏即时的调查数据，加拿大卫生部及其他相关分析人员难以精准评估该变更的影响。鉴于加拿大卫生部需要能够监测立法变更与控烟政策对吸烟行为的影响，加拿大烟草使用监测调查（CTUMS）被设计用于为加拿大卫生部及其合作方/利益相关方提供关于烟草使用及相关议题的持续、可靠的数据。自1999年起，该调查每年发布两份数据文件：一份为2月至6月采集的数据文件，另一份为7月至12月采集的数据文件，此外还会发布年度汇总报告。本数据集涵盖2004年2月至6月的调查周期数据。本次调查的核心目标是提供持续的吸烟流行率数据，以便监测流行率的变化情况。这一目标与加拿大全国人口健康调查（National Population Health Survey, NPHS）存在差异：后者通过纵向样本收集吸烟相关数据，旨在识别吸烟行为发生改变的个体、促成行为改变的潜在因素，以及与吸烟起始和吸烟时长相关的潜在风险因素。由于NPHS每两年开展一次数据采集，并在采集周期结束约一年后发布数据，因此无法满足加拿大卫生部对数据覆盖的连续性、快速发布时效，以及针对15至24岁高风险人群的足够细分数据的需求。加拿大烟草使用监测调查则能够按省份、性别、年龄组（15-19岁、20-24岁、25-34岁、35-44岁及45岁以上），按半年度及年度维度统计吸烟流行率。后续数据采集将视资金到位情况持续开展。