Chart 3 – Percentage who never smoked, by sex, household population aged 20 to 24, Canada, 2001 to 2008

This is a stacked line chart that illustrates the percentage of men and women aged 20 to 24 who never smoked from 2001 to 2008.

The Y axis is measured by percentages and increases by increments of 10 from 0 to 60.

On the X axis from left to right are the years from 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008.

The top line represents women aged 20 to 24; and the bottom line represents the population men aged 20 to 24.

The percentage of men aged 20 to 24 who never smoked increased from 36.2% in 2001 to 36.9% in 2003, to 42.2% in 2005, to 41.6% in 2007 and 42.0% in 2008.

The percentage of women who never smoked remained constant at 41.9% in 2001 and 41.5% in 2003,  it increased to 45.0% in 2005, to 46.3% in 2007, and 50.0 % in 2008.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008.