Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, 2002: Annual, Person File

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 Dialling 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 took place, 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 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 survey is presented in three cycles: Cycle 1 - taken Feb-June 2002; Cycle 2 - taken July-Dec 2002; and Cycle Annual - combining both time periods. Each cycle contains two files; household data, and person data. 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 Canada’s need for continuous coverage in time, rapid delivery of data, or sufficient detail of the most at-risk populations, namely 15-24 year olds. The Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey allows Health Canada to look at smoking prevalence by province-sex-age group, for age groups 15-19, 20-24, 25-34, 35-44 and 45+ on a semi-annual basis. The data included in these files represent data collected for the first six months of 2002. Data will continue to be collected on an on-going basis depending on availability of funds.

加拿大统计局自20世纪60年代起，代表加拿大卫生部（Health Canada）以临时形式开展吸烟状况调查。此类调查以加拿大劳动力调查（Canadian Labour Force Survey）附加模块与随机数字拨号（Random Digit Dialling）电话调查两种形式开展。1994年2月，加拿大通过立法下调烟草税。由于该立法生效前无即时跟进的调查数据，加拿大卫生部及其他相关分析人员难以精准评估此次政策调整的影响。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（Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey，CTUMS）被设计用于为加拿大卫生部及其合作方/利益相关方提供烟草使用及相关议题的持续可靠数据。自1999年起，该调查每年发布两份CTUMS数据集：一份覆盖2月至6月的采集数据，另一份覆盖7月至12月的采集数据；此外还会发布年度汇总数据。该调查分为三个周期：周期1（2002年2月至6月执行）、周期2（2002年7月至12月执行）以及年度合并周期（整合两个时段的数据）。每个周期包含两类数据集：家庭数据与个人数据。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：NPHS通过纵向样本收集吸烟数据，旨在识别吸烟行为发生改变的个体、推动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，且在采集周期结束约一年后才发布数据，因此无法满足加拿大卫生部对实时数据覆盖、快速数据交付，以及针对15-24岁高风险群体提供足够细分数据的需求。加拿大烟草使用监测调查可支持加拿大卫生部按省份、性别、年龄组（15-19岁、20-24岁、25-34岁、35-44岁及45岁以上）以半年度为周期统计吸烟流行率。本次发布的数据集涵盖2002年上半年的采集数据。后续数据采集将视资金到位情况持续开展。