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hod A summary of the major findings of a 1978 national survey on the smoking ha- bits of Canadian school children was released last' week by the Office of Health and Welfare Minister David Crombie. The findings were released to mark this year's National Non-Smoking Week Advance vote (From page 1) person on polling day or at other designated times. The voter, in that case, can ap- point another qualified elec- tor - called a proxy voter - to Elections Canada Uffice in each electoral district. The phone number can be obtain- ed from Elections Canada advertisements in local news- The survey was undertaken for Health and Welfare Can- ada by the University of Wa- terloo to obtain an accurate estimate of the extent of smoking among school-aged children. The survey covered all stu-y dents in grades three to 13 in 409 schools, selected to be representative of the 14,000 such schools in Canada. An appropriate number of both elementary and secondary schools was ineluded from each province and from urban 105,788 students responded to the survey questionnaire. The survey revealed that by age 12, one half of Canadian school children have at least tried smoking. By age 14. 15% of boys and 20% of girls are daily smokers and by age 17 these figures have increased to 27% of boys and 30% of girls. Beyond this age, the proportions of students who reported daily smoking did not change significantly. The figures showed some indica- tions that boys who smoke than girls. In grades 3 and over, having students aged 8 to 19, 47% reported never having smoked at all. The statistics showed that children with non-smoking parents were somewhat less likely to be regular smokers themselves than those with one or two parents who smoke. A more substantial relation- ship was shown to exist bet- ween the smoking habits of _ school children and their fri- ends, for both boys and girls. A high proportion of those PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., February 6, 1980 -- 7 + Survey among school children shows girls outsmoke boys ported that most or all of their friends smoked (66% of males, 73% of females). According to the survey, most students believe that smoking causes lung cancer (83% of boys and 79% of girls), but a substantial proportion reported being undecided on the issue (12% of boys and 17% of girls). Far more reg- ular smokers than non- smokers denied the relation- ship or were undecided about it. y ORY papers. cast a palo hy his name. Advance polls will be held and rural areas. A total of tended to smoke more heavily who smoked regularly re- : However " the voter s on Saturday, February 9th. name oo the of av, of the nonday, February 11th, and By Ole! Muy. "Het. 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