Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, 2007: Annual, Person File

The Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) was conducted by Statistics Canada from February to December 2007 with the cooperation and support of Health Canada. This manual has been produced to facilitate the manipulation of the microdata file of the survey results. 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 dialing 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, 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 (CTUMS) 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 present file covers the period from February to December 2007. 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 to 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 to 19, 20 to 24, 25 to 34, 35 to 44 and 45 and over, on a semi-annual and annual basis. Data will continue to be collected on an on-going basis depending on availability of funds.加拿大烟草使用监测调查（Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, CTUMS）由加拿大统计局（Statistics Canada）于2007年2月至12月实施，本次调研得到了加拿大卫生部（Health Canada）的协作与支持。本手册的编制旨在方便研究人员处理本次调查结果的微观数据文件。 自20世纪60年代起，加拿大统计局便受加拿大卫生部委托，以专项临时的方式开展吸烟相关调查：此类调查既作为加拿大劳动力调查的附卷项目实施，也采用随机数字拨号电话调查（random digit dialing telephone survey）的形式开展。1994年2月，加拿大通过一项旨在降低烟草税的立法。由于缺乏此次立法变更前后紧邻时段的调查数据，加拿大卫生部及其他相关分析人员难以精准评估此次政策变更的实际影响。鉴于加拿大卫生部希望能够持续监测立法变更与控烟政策对吸烟行为的影响，加拿大烟草使用监测调查（CTUMS）的设计初衷即为加拿大卫生部及其合作方、利益相关方提供关于烟草使用及相关议题的持续可靠数据。 自1999年起，该调查每年发布两份数据文件：分别覆盖2月至6月、7月至12月的调研数据，同时同步发布年度汇总报告。 本文件涵盖2007年2月至12月的完整调研周期。 本次调查的核心目标是提供持续的吸烟流行率数据，以便监测吸烟流行率的变化情况。这一目标与加拿大全国人口健康调查（National Population Health Survey, NPHS）存在显著差异：后者通过纵向样本收集吸烟相关数据，旨在测算发生吸烟行为改变的个体群体、推动行为改变的潜在影响因素，以及与初次吸烟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收集，且在完成一个完整收集周期后约一年才发布数据，因此无法满足加拿大卫生部对数据时效性覆盖、快速数据发布，以及针对15至24岁高风险人群的足够细分统计数据的需求。 加拿大烟草使用监测调查则可以按省份、性别、年龄组（细分为15-19岁、20-24岁、25-34岁、35-44岁及45岁以上群体），以半年度和年度为周期，发布吸烟流行率统计数据。后续的数据收集工作将视资金到位情况持续开展。