Tobacco Reduction

Nearly five million Canadians still smoke, although there has been a downward trend for more than two decades in the number of Canadians who smoke. Smoking can lead to a number of diseases in the smoker, including lung cancer, respiratory illness, and cardiovascular disease and stroke. It can also have an impact on the health of non-smokers who are exposed to second-hand smoke.

What you will find

These resources provide Canadian and international information to help you plan smoking prevention and cessation programs. For more information, please visit the Best Practices section for interventions related to tobacco reduction.

Data

A first step to planning a program or policy change on tobacco use is to understand the topic through surveillance data.

Canadian Data

Second-hand smoke

Industry and retail

Provincial/Territorial Data

Alberta

New Brunswick

Northwest Territories

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

International Data

Australia

New Zealand

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

United Kingdom

United States

World Health Organization

Other International Data

Government Strategies (Frameworks, Action Plans, etc.)

Canadian Strategies

Aboriginal Strategies

Provincial/Territorial Strategies

Alberta

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

Nunavut

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Yukon

International Strategies

Australia

New Zealand

United Kingdom

United States

World Health Organisation

Guidance

Canadian Guidance

Provincial/Territorial Guidance

Ontario

Quebec

  • Synthèse des connaissances sur la prévention du tabagisme en milieu scolaire (Document PDF) (in French only). Systematic review undertaken to update a 2004 report on the prevention of smoking among young people with regard to interventions in schools noting the effectiveness of smoking prevention interventions in that timeframe and to verify whether the recommendations of the 2004 report are still relevant. Institut national de santé public du Québec (2014).

International Guidance

United Kingdom

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

United States

World Health Organization

Systematic Reviews of the Research