Peter Mansbridge
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It means that less than 5% of people smoke.
And so the story, as we've reported it, is that Sweden has declared itself smoke-free.
So it's less than 5%.
So we talked about that.
And it's raised two questions.
Okay, so what's Canada's number?
And of all countries in the world, which country is likely to be the heaviest smoker?
You probably have answers to that last one.
But in terms of the Canadian number, what's Canada's number?
Well, it's not 5%.
It's not 10%.
But it's close.
It's between, we're told, between 11% and 13% of Canadians are smokers.
Between 11% and 13%.
Now, in my lifetime, it used to be a lot higher than that.
A lot higher.
A lot higher.
but it's now down to 11% to 13% and continues to head downward.
So there may be a day when we're smoke-free.