Chart 1 – Percentage of non-smokers regularly exposed to second-hand smoke at home, by sex, population aged 12 or older, Canada, 2003 to 2008

This is a stacked line chart showing the percentages of male and female non-smokers aged 12 or older, who reported being regularly exposed to second-hand smoke at home. The markers are displayed at the years 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008.

The Y axis is measured by percentages and increases by increments of 2 from 0 to 12.

On the X axis from left to right are the years 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008.

The top line shows the percentages of male and the bottom line shows the percentages of female non-smokers aged 12 or older, who reported being regularly exposed to second-hand smoke at home.

The percentage of men who were exposed to second-hand smoke at home decreased from to 11.4% in 2003 to 9.4 % in 2005 to 8.3% in 2007 and 7.3% in 2008.

The percentage of women who were exposed to second-hand smoke at home decreased from 9.9% in 2003 to 8.2% in 2005 to 6.6% in 2007 to 6.0% in 2008.

Source: Canadian Community Health Survey, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008.