Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, 2002: Cycle 2, 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（Statistics Canada）自20世纪60年代起，便受加拿大卫生部（Health Canada）委托，以特设形式开展吸烟行为调查。此类调查兼具两种实施形式：一是作为加拿大劳动力调查（Canadian Labour Force Survey）的补充模块，二是以随机数字拨号电话调查（Random Digit Dialling telephone surveys）的方式开展。1994年2月，加拿大通过立法修正案，允许降低烟草税赋。由于彼时缺乏该立法生效前的即时调查数据，加拿大卫生部（Health Canada）及其他相关分析人员难以精准评估此次政策调整的实际影响。鉴于加拿大卫生部（Health Canada）需要能够监测立法变革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）应运而生，旨在为加拿大卫生部（Health Canada）及其合作方、利益相关方提供持续且可靠的烟草使用及相关议题数据。1999年起，该调查每年发布两份数据集：一份对应2月至6月的采集数据，另一份对应7月至12月的采集数据，此外还会发布年度汇总报告。该调查分为三个周期：周期1（2002年2月至6月实施）、周期2（2002年7月至12月实施）以及年度合并周期（整合上述两个时段的数据）。每个周期均包含两类数据集：家庭层面数据与个人层面数据。本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，用于分析个体吸烟行为的转变、推动转变的潜在因素，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（Health Canada）对实时性连续覆盖、数据快速发布，以及针对15-24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支持加拿大卫生部（Health Canada）按半年度频次，针对15-19岁、20-24岁、25-34岁、35-44岁及45岁以上各年龄组，分省份、性别与年龄组分析吸烟流行率。本次提及的数据集对应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。