| Ever use of e-cigarettes | Past 30-day use of e-cigarettes | |||
| Characteristic | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) |
| Canada | 441 900 | 17.7 (16.4-18.9) | 142 900 | 5.7 (5.2-6.3) |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 180 000 | 14.7 (13.5-15.9) | 53 900 | 4.4 (3.8-5.1) |
| Male | 261 900 | 20.4 (18.8-22.0) | 88 900 | 7.0 (6.1-7.8) |
| Grade | ||||
| 6 | 8000 | 2.5 (1.8-3.3) | ¶ | ¶ |
| 7 | 22 000 | 6.3 (5.1-7.6) | 6000 | 1.7 (1.1-2.3)** |
| 8 | 44 300 | 12.6 (10.6-14.6) | 14 600 | 4.2 (3.0-5.3) |
| 9 | 65 800 | 17.6 (15.1-20.0) | 21 300 | 5.7 (4.4-7.0) |
| 10 | 85 800 | 22.8 (19.4-26.3) | 30 500 | 8.1 (6.5-9.8) |
| 11 | 109 800 | 28.8 (26.2-31.4) | 37 700 | 9.9 (8.2-11.7) |
| 12 | 106 200 | 29.7 (26.4-33.1) | 30 700 | 8.7 (7.0-10.3) |
| 6-9 | 140 100 | 10.1 (8.9-11.2) | 44 000 | 3.2 (2.5-3.8) |
| 10-12 | 301 800 | 27.1 (24.8-29.3) | 98 900 | 8.9 (7.9-9.9) |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| White | 293 700 | 19.6 (17.8-21.4) | 92 800 | 6.2 (5.5-7.0) |
| Black | 21 200 | 18.2 (14.8-21.5) | 7700 | 6.6 (4.5-8.7) |
| Asian† | 56 300 | 10.2 (8.3-12.1) | 18 100 | 3.3 (2.5-4.1) |
| Aboriginal | 31 700 | 30.4 (27.4-33.4) | 12 100 | 11.7 (9.4-14.1) |
| Latin American | 13 000 | 22.2 (16.9-27.5) | 4800 | 8.1 (5.8-10.5) |
| Other | 23 700 | 15.9 (13.6-18.2) | 6800 | 4.6 (3.4-5.9) |
| Urban location of school | ||||
| Yes | 328 600 | 16.4 (14.7-18.2) | 107 800 | 5.4 (4.7-6.2) |
| No | 113 400 | 22.4 (18.8-26.1) | 35 000 | 7.0 (5.5-8.4) |
| Socioeconomic level of school neighbourhood | ||||
| Low | 151 200 | 20.2 (17.0-23.3) | 49 700 | 6.7 (5.0-8.3) |
| Middle | 131 100 | 15.2 (12.4-18.0) | 38 400 | 4.5 (3.4-5.5) |
| High | 159 500 | 18.0 (15.0-20.9) | 54 700 | 6.2 (5.2-7.1) |
| Province‡ | ||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 8900 | 26.3 (23.6-29.1) | 4500 | 13.3 (9.9-16.7) |
| Prince Edward Island | 2400 | 21.7 (19.5-23.9) | 1100 | 9.8 (8.3-11.3) |
| Nova Scotia | 13 000 | 20.0 (18.3-21.7) | 5300 | 8.2 (6.7-9.7) |
| Quebec | 112 800 | 24.1 (20.8-27.4) | 31 800 | 6.8 (4.8-8.9) |
| Ontario | 155 800 | 14.1 (11.9-16.3) | 46 800 | 4.3 (3.4-5.1) |
| Manitoba | 17 700 | 18.5 (16.2-20.8) | 8800 | 9.2 (6.8-11.7) |
| Saskatchewan | 15 800 | 20.3 (16.0-24.5) | 6300 | 8.2 (6.2-10.1) |
| Alberta | 42 300 | 15.1 (12.6-17.5) | 13 300 | 4.8 (3.4-6.1) |
| British Columbia | 59 900 | 19.2 (16.2-22.2) | 22 000 | 7.1 (5.8-8.4) |
| Smoking status | ||||
| Current smoker | 64 400 | 75.7 (70.7-80.8) | 38 900 | 46.6 (39.3-53.9) |
| Former smoker | 8800 | 77.6 (68.7-86.5) | 2400 | 20.4 (11.8-28.9)** |
| Experimental smoker | 194 900 | 57.3 (55.1-59.6) | 65 500 | 19.4 (17.7-21.2) |
| Never tried smoking | 173 800 | 8.4 (7.7-9.2) | 36 100 | 1.8 (1.5-2.0) |
| Ever use of e-cigarettes | Past 30-day use of e-cigarettes | |||
| Characteristic | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) |
| Tried other tobacco products | ||||
| Little cigars or cigarillos | 219 300 | 69.0 (66.4-71.6) | 90 500 | 28.9 (26.2-31.7) |
| Water pipe | 170 200 | 67.5 (63.7-71.4) | 73 300 | 29.6 (26.6-32.7) |
| Smokeless | 90 500 | 73.8 (70.5-77.2) | 43 500 | 36.4 (32.8-40.1) |
| Any tobacco product other than cigarettes§ | 290 000 | 61.7 (59.3-64.1) | 110 700 | 23.8 (21.7-25.9) |
| Perceived ease of access to e-cigarettes | ||||
| Very or fairly easy | 374 500 | 32.9 (30.9-34.9) | 122 600 | 10.8 (9.8-11.9) |
| Very or fairly difficult | 41 900 | 5.2 (4.6-5.9) | 9700 | 1.2 (1.0-1.5) |
| Don't know | 16 000 | 3.3 (2.5-4.0) | 5800 | 1.2 (0.8-1.6) |
| Perceived risk of harm from using e-cigarettes on a regular basis | ||||
| No risk | 115 200 | 40.5 (37.4-43.5) | 45 200 | 15.9 (14.1-17.7) |
| Slight risk | 142 800 | 31.3 (29.0-33.5) | 43 300 | 9.6 (8.3-10.8) |
| Moderate risk | 104 400 | 15.4 (13.8-17.0) | 28 000 | 4.1 (3.5-4.8) |
| Great risk | 41 500 | 6.7 (5.9-7.6) | 11 900 | 1.9 (1.5-2.4) |
| Don't know | 24 200 | 6.3 (5.1-7.5) | 8600 | 2.2 (1.6-2.9) |
Note: CI = confidence interval.
*Data are presented as weighted number (n) and weighted percentage (%, with 95% CI). The weighted n values are rounded to the nearest 100.
†"Asian" combines students who identified as West Asian/Arab, South Asian or East/Southeast Asian.
‡The 2014/15 Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey does not include a generalizable sample of students from the province of New Brunswick. As a result, data for New Brunswick students cannot be used to produce provincial estimates.
§Students who reported using little cigars or cigarillos, cigars, roll-your-own cigarettes, bidis, smokeless tobacco, water pipe or blunt wraps.
¶Data suppressed because of unacceptable data quality (due to high variability or low numbers).
**Because of moderate sampling variability, these data should be interpreted with caution.