Table 1 Descriptive statistics examining roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco ever use and current use among current smokers in grades 9 to 12, 2008-2009, Canada
From: Roll-your-own tobacco use among Canadian youth: is it a bigger problem than we think?
| Â | Roll-your-own Tobacco Ever Use | Roll-your-own Tobacco Current Use | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Yes (n = 98,959) %a | No (n = 94,497) %a | Yes (n = 46,710) %a | No (n = 146,746) %a |
Sex | ||||
Female | 38.8 | 43.9 | 38.3 | 42.2 |
Male | 61.2 | 56.1 | 61.7 | 57.8 |
Grade | ||||
9 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 17.7 | 14.5 |
10 | 23.1 | 28.0 | 30.1 | 24.1 |
11 | 31.4 | 25.1 | 29.8 | 27.8 |
12 | 30.2 | 31.6 | 22.4 | 33.6 |
Smoking status | ||||
Current daily smoker | 61.7 | 42.0 | 64.5 | 48.1 |
Current occasional smoker | 38.3 | 58.0 | 35.5 | 51.9 |
Average number of cigarettes per day | ||||
A few puffs or 1 cigarette | 4.2 | 13.3 | 2.7 | 10.5 |
2 or 3 cigarettes | 19.9 | 23.3 | 18.1 | 22.6 |
4 to 10 cigarettes | 48.3 | 44.1 | 46.2 | 46.3 |
11 or more cigarettes | 27.6 | 19.3 | 33.0 | 20.6 |
Frequency of marijuana use | ||||
Never used marijuana | 5.0 | 14.6 | 3.6 | 11.6 |
Has tried but does not use monthly | 16.7 | 19.6 | 10.4 | 20.5 |
Uses once a month or more | 78.3 | 65.8 | 86.0 | 67.9 |
Weekly spending money | ||||
$0 | 9.1 | 7.9 | 12.3 | 7.3 |
$1 to $20 | 21.8 | 23.1 | 24.5 | 21.7 |
$21 to $100 | 38.7 | 35.0 | 33.8 | 37.9 |
More than $100 | 30.4 | 34.0 | 29.4 | 33.1 |