RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Use of contraband cigarettes among adolescent daily smokers in Canada
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 384
OP 386
DO 10.1503/cmaj.090665
VO 181
IS 6-7
A1 Callaghan, Russell C.
A1 Veldhuizen, Scott
A1 Leatherdale, Scott
A1 Murnaghan, Donna
A1 Manske, Steve
YR 2009
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/181/6-7/384.abstract
AB Current tobacco-control strategies seek to inhibit and reduce smoking among adolescents. However, such strategies are probably undermined by the contraband tobacco market. Using data from Canada’s 2006/2007 Youth Smoking Survey, we found that 13.1% of respondents who were daily smokers reported that contraband cigarettes were their usual brand. They consumed significantly more cigarettes than respondents who smoked other brands. Contraband cigarettes accounted for about 17.5% of all cigarettes smoked by adolescent daily smokers in Canada overall, and for more than 25% in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.