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Smoking prevalence in the Canadian Arctic.
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Source
Arctic Medical Research. 1990; 49(Supplement 2):23-28.
Publication Type
Article
Date
1990
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Author
Millar, W.J.
Author Affiliation
Health and Welfare Canada
Source
Arctic Medical Research. 1990; 49(Supplement 2):23-28.
Date
1990
Language
English
Geographic Location
Canada
Publication Type
Article
Physical Holding
Alaska Medical Library
Keywords
Adolescent
Arctic Regions - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Indians, North American
Inuits
Male
Northwest Territories - epidemiology
Smoking - epidemiology - ethnology
Abstract
Two recent surveys of adults and of children in the Canadian Arctic obtained information on smoking behaviour. By age nineteen, 71% of Inuit youth were current smokers compared to 63% of Dene/M�©tis youth and 43% of the Non-Native. Within each ethnic group, the general pattern of higher smoking rates among girls in almost all age groups was apparent. Inuit girls age 15-19 had the highest smoking rates. Seventy seven percent reported that they were current cigarette smokers. Of all adolescent regular smokers, about 12% smoked more than 15 cigarettes per day. However, among Non-Native youth the percentage increased to 23%. Among both boys and girls, the frequency of smoking was highest among Non-Native youth, intermediate among Dene/M�©tis youth and lowest among the Inuit. In each ethnic group boys were more likely than girls to smoke over 15 cigarettes per day. Adult smoking rates in the Arctic were higher than rates in the national population. Inuit adults had the highest smoking rates, followed by the Dene and the Non-Native groups. Men and women in each of the ethnic groups in the Northwest Territories had higher smoking rates than their counterparts in the national population.
Notes
From: Fortuine, Robert et al. 1993. The Health of the Inuit of North America: A Bibliography from the Earliest Times through 1990. University of Alaska Anchorage. Citation number 2367.
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