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Percentage of adults in Canada who used tobacco or cannabis, drank heavily, or misused pain medication as of 2020, by age

Characteristic	18 to 24 years	25 to 34 years	35 to 49 years	50 to 64 years	65 years and older
Tobacco product(s) used every day	10%	12%	19%	18%	10%
Cannabis product(s) used in the last 12 months	36%	38%	26%	18%	8%
Heavy drinking monthly or more frequently in the last 12 months	31%	36%	27%	27%	18%
Pain medication misuse (ever)	10%	11%	10%	13%	11%

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Release date

February 2021

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

March 6 to June 15, 2020

Number of respondents

23,268 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Original questions: "Do you smoke cigarettes or use any other tobacco product every day, some days or not at all? During the past 12 months, have you used marijuana or cannabis? During the past 12 months, how often did you have 4 or more drinks (women) or 5 or more drinks (men) containing alcohol on 1 occasion? Have you ever taken prescription pain medicine without a doctor’s prescription or differently than how a doctor told you to use it?"

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As of 2020, around 19 percent of adults aged 35 to 49 years in Canada reported that they used tobacco every day, while 26 percent said they used cannabis in the last 12 months. This statistic illustrates the percentage of adults in Canada who used tobacco or cannabis, drank heavily, or misused pain medication as of 2020, by age.