Cree Health Survey 2003, Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.1, Iiyiyiu Aschi : Cigarette consumption

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The survey was conducted during the summer of 2003 using a representative sample of residents aged 12 and older from the nine communities in Iiyiyiu Aschii: Chisasibi, Eastmain, Mistissini, Nemaska, Oujé- Bougoumou, Waskaganish, Waswanipi, Wemindji, and Whapmagoostui.

A proportion of current smokers (46%) higher than that for the rest of Quebec (27%).
Daily smokers who smoke, on average, fewer cigarettes per day than the rest of Quebec (9.9 cigarettes vs. 16.4).
An increase, between 1991 and 2003, in the proportion of the population aged 15 and over who have never smoked (9% vs. 14%).
High proportions of current smokers among young people: 60% among the 12-19 age group and 73% among the 20-29 age group.
Young people aged 12-19 who, when buying cigarettes, are less often asked their age (32%) than young people in the rest of Quebec (68%).
The same pattern with respect to the smoking cessation process, quitting smoking and quit rates as in the rest of Quebec. We nevertheless observe a lower proportion of young people aged 20-29 at the action and maintenance stage, and a lower proportion of young people in this age group who successfully stopped smoking compared to people of the same age in the rest of the province.
A restriction on the use of cigarettes at home, which extends to 85% of the population. For 80% of the population, this restriction applies to the whole house. These results are significantly higher than those for the rest of Quebec (42% and 35% respectively).
A population which is more exposed to second-hand smoke in vehicles (19%) and public places (33%) than Quebecers in the rest of Quebec (10% and 24% respectively).