Industry 5,000 persons were employed in tobacco manufacturing in 1989. In 1994, daily smokers consumed an average of 18.7 cigarettes per day. However, data from 1989-93 are complicated by the high levels of cigarette smuggling across the U.S. border due to substantial price differentials between the U.S. and Canada. It was estimated that in 1993, more than 14,000 million cigarettes were smuggled into Canada, including substantial quantities of Canadian-made cigarettes smuggled back into Canada from the United States. In 1991, the average tar yield for two popular brands of filtered cigarettes was 14.86 and 15.03 mg, and the average nicotine yields were 1.27 and 1.34 mg., respectively.
French speakers have a higher prevalence of smoking than English speakers.
The highest prevalence is reported in Manitoba, and the lowest in British Columbia. Mortality from Tobacco Use Lung cancer will continue to be the leading cause of cancer deaths in men in 1994, being responsible for one third of all cancer deaths. For women, lung cancer will overtake breast cancer to become the leading cause of cancer deaths in 1994. At the federal level, Canada has comprehensive laws aimed directly at tobacco and smoking. In 1995, some sections of this law were held unconstitutional by a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada.