last highlighted date: 2023-10-28
Highlights
- “In 2018–19, 19% of students in grades 7 to 12 (approximately 402,000) had ever tried smoking a cigarette, even just a puff.” (Canada)
- In 2018–19, 3% of students in grades 7 to 12 (approximately 59,000 students) were current cigarette smokers. (Canada)
- In addition, 17% of students in grades 7–12 reported using a vaping product (referred to as an e-cigarette in the survey) within the last 30 days. (Canada)
- Canada became the first country to implement pictorial warnings in 2001, requiring them on 50% of cigarette packs
- Over 60 countries now require pictorial warnings, with guidelines under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control recommending warnings cover 50% or more of packs