Chris Selley: Welcome to Canada. DuMaurier or Players?
The
Toronto Star reports: "The more 'Canadian' immigrant children become, the more likely they are to smoke,
a new study warns."
Things the
Star doesn't report:
- The data derive from a single study of grade 4, 5 and 6 students "in 24 elementary schools located in multiethnic inner-city neighborhoods" in Montreal, and "may not be generalizable to children other than those living in [such neighbourhoods]."
- The data were collected in 1993. Since that time, overall smoking rates in Canada have fallen by more than a third, meaning the percentage of child smokers reported by the Star as if it was current — around 30% — is almost certainly wildly inflated.
- The definition of a child who "smokes," as defined by the Montreal researchers in 1993 and as described in the new study: "Children who had smoked but not in the past year, those who had smoked a couple of times in the last year, and those who smoked each month, each week, or every day."
National Post
cselley@nationalpost.com
Chris Selley: Welcome to Canada. DuMaurier or Players?
The Toronto Star reports: "The more 'Canadian' immigrant children become, the more likely they are to smoke, a new study warns."
Things the Star doesn't report:
- The data derive from a single study of grade 4, 5 and 6 students "in 24 elementary schools located in multiethnic inner-city neighborhoods" in Montreal, and "may not be generalizable to children other than those living in [such neighbourhoods]."
- The data were collected in 1993. Since that time, overall smoking rates in Canada have fallen by more than a third, meaning the percentage of child smokers reported by the Star as if it was current — around 30% — is almost certainly wildly inflated.
- The definition of a child who "smokes," as defined by the Montreal researchers in 1993 and as described in the new study: "Children who had smoked but not in the past year, those who had smoked a couple of times in the last year, and those who smoked each month, each week, or every day."
National Post
cselley@nationalpost.com
Chris Selley: Welcome to Canada. DuMaurier or Players?
The Toronto Star reports: "The more 'Canadian' immigrant children become, the more likely they are to smoke, a new study warns."
Things the Star doesn't report:
- The data derive from a single study of grade 4, 5 and 6 students "in 24 elementary schools located in multiethnic inner-city neighborhoods" in Montreal, and "may not be generalizable to children other than those living in [such neighbourhoods]."
- The data were collected in 1993. Since that time, overall smoking rates in Canada have fallen by more than a third, meaning the percentage of child smokers reported by the Star as if it was current — around 30% — is almost certainly wildly inflated.
- The definition of a child who "smokes," as defined by the Montreal researchers in 1993 and as described in the new study: "Children who had smoked but not in the past year, those who had smoked a couple of times in the last year, and those who smoked each month, each week, or every day."
National Post
cselley@nationalpost.com
Chris Selley: Welcome to Canada. DuMaurier or Players?
The Toronto Star reports: "The more 'Canadian' immigrant children become, the more likely they are to smoke, a new study warns."
Things the Star doesn't report:
- The data derive from a single study of grade 4, 5 and 6 students "in 24 elementary schools located in multiethnic inner-city neighborhoods" in Montreal, and "may not be generalizable to children other than those living in [such neighbourhoods]."
- The data were collected in 1993. Since that time, overall smoking rates in Canada have fallen by more than a third, meaning the percentage of child smokers reported by the Star as if it was current — around 30% — is almost certainly wildly inflated.
- The definition of a child who "smokes," as defined by the Montreal researchers in 1993 and as described in the new study: "Children who had smoked but not in the past year, those who had smoked a couple of times in the last year, and those who smoked each month, each week, or every day."
National Post
cselley@nationalpost.com
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