World No Tobacco Day
Get the Facts

3.9 million Canadians 25 years of age and older are smokers.

37,000 Canadians killed each year from tobacco.

$817,733,502 spent by the provincial government on acute care hospitalization for both active and passive smokers.

20 minutes after quitting smoking you will begin to see health benefits.

More than 4,000 chemicals and poisons in cigarette smoke.

30 per cent of cancer deaths in Canada are caused by cigarette smoking.

More than 800 non-smokers die from secondhand smoke each year.

62 per cent of adult smokers intend to quit in the next 6 months.