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  • 标题:Does level of tobacco control relate to smoking prevalence in Canada: a national survey of public health organizations.
  • 作者:Hanusaik, Nancy ; Maximova, Katerina ; Kishchuk, Natalie
  • 期刊名称:Canadian Journal of Public Health
  • 印刷版ISSN:0008-4263
  • 出版年度:2012
  • 期号:May
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:Canadian Public Health Association
  • 摘要:Most jurisdictions in Canada have well-established tobacco control strategies involving numerous organizations (6) that are diverse in mission, structure and funding. In addition to regional-level health authorities and public health units, these organizations include, among others, all levels of government departments, non-governmental and non-profit organizations, coalitions and alliances, para-governmental agencies and resource centres. Together they provide tobacco control leadership, resources, and advocacy, and deliver programs that contribute to national and provincial goals to make Canada smoke-free.
  • 关键词:Associations, institutions, etc.;Chronic diseases;Medical research;Medicine, Experimental;Organizations;Prevalence studies (Epidemiology);Public health;Smoking;Tobacco habit

Does level of tobacco control relate to smoking prevalence in Canada: a national survey of public health organizations.


Hanusaik, Nancy ; Maximova, Katerina ; Kishchuk, Natalie 等


The prevalence of cigarette smoking among Canadians aged 15 years and older has declined dramatically in recent decades, from 50% in 1965 to 17.5% in 2009. (1,2) Public health interventions--including, promotion of indoor and outdoor smoke-free policies; enforcement of policies limiting tobacco availability; improvement and expansion of free, comprehensive and evidence-based cessation services; and increased prevention programming (3-5) --have been central to this decline. However, the prevalence of smoking remains much too high and tobacco control continues to be a critical role for public health practice and policy.

Most jurisdictions in Canada have well-established tobacco control strategies involving numerous organizations (6) that are diverse in mission, structure and funding. In addition to regional-level health authorities and public health units, these organizations include, among others, all levels of government departments, non-governmental and non-profit organizations, coalitions and alliances, para-governmental agencies and resource centres. Together they provide tobacco control leadership, resources, and advocacy, and deliver programs that contribute to national and provincial goals to make Canada smoke-free.

With the dramatic declines in smoking prevalence and the attendant view in some jurisdictions that the problem of smoking has been "solved", there is increasing concern (7-9) about declining political will, waning levels of institutional support and reduced public interest priority for tobacco control activities in Canada. Over the past few years, the decline in the prevalence of smoking has, in fact, stalled, (1) possibly related in part to a declining commitment to tobacco control. It is therefore becoming increasingly important to monitor the breadth and depth of tobacco control activities in chronic disease prevention (CDP) organizations across Canada, and to better understand the impact of these activities on the prevalence of smoking. However, few reports describe tobacco control activities within the provincially-mandated public health systems in Canada, (7,8,10) and there are no reports that describe the effort expended in tobacco control by the many different types of organizations that comprise these systems. This paper describes levels of tobacco control "effort" in public health organizations across provinces in Canada, and tests whether "effort" is associated with the prevalence of daily smoking. It is hypothesized that higher-"effort" provinces experienced greater improvement in "change in prevalence of smoking" scores for the period 1999 to 2009.

METHODS

Data were drawn from a national survey (Oct 2004-Apr 2005) of all public health organizations engaged in CDP in Canada in 2004. (11,12) Organizations at the regional, provincial and national levels with mandates for population-wide CDP programming--either through the primary prevention of chronic disease (and more specifically, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and chronic respiratory illness); healthy lifestyle promotion; or a single-focus on healthy eating, tobacco control or physical activity--participated (n=216; response proportion = 96%). Organizations were identified in an exhaustive internet search using purposive sampling, as well as through consultations with key contacts in all ten Canadian provinces. Participating organizations included regional health authorities and public health units/agencies, government departments, national health charities and their provincial/district divisions, other non-governmental and non-profit organizations, para-governmental health agencies (defined as agencies financed by a government but acting independently of it), resource centres, professional organizations, and "grouped" organizations such as coalitions, partnerships, and alliances. Organizations primarily engaged in secondary prevention of chronic disease, advocacy, allocation of funds, fund-raising, facilitating joint efforts among organizations, and research or knowledge transfer were not eligible. The majority of the survey items were not designed to tap into the primary activities of these excluded CDP organizations. Due to major differences in mandates and resourcing, organizations solely targeting Aboriginal populations and those in the three territories were also excluded. The term "organization" referred to an entire organization (if the organization as a whole conducted CDP activities) or to a specific department, unit or division within an organization (if only a certain subunit of the organization undertook CDP activities).

Data were collected in structured telephone interviews conducted by trained interviewers with one key informant per organization identified by a senior manager as the person within the organization most knowledgeable about implementation/delivery of CDP programs, practices, campaigns, or activities. In national health charities which had provincial/regional divisions, interviews were conducted within each division, if the division met the inclusion criteria and in addition was judged to be autonomous as an organization. The study received ethics approval from the McGill University Institutional Review Board.

Data analysis

Table 1 describes each specific item, the response choices for each item, and the method of scoring the variable for analysis. In addition, we detail the creation of two new variables: tobacco control "effort" and the "change in prevalence of smoking" score. The use of ranked data dichotomized at the median is a straightforward solution to creating one variable from two variables that are not measured using the same units. All changes in provincial smoking prevalence over the decade reflected decline. The use of change in rank, as in the creation of the "change in prevalence of smoking" score, served to qualify the consequence of each decline in a more holistic manner by always looking at change relative to other provinces. Differences between means were tested using one-way ANOVA. Post hoc comparisons were undertaken using Tukey-Kramer test for unequal group sizes. We investigated the association between tobacco control "effort" and declines in the prevalence of daily smoking over time, across provinces in an ecologic study design. Provinces were selected as the units of analysis since health systems, including public health systems, are primarily provincial responsibilities in Canada and in addition, comparable data on smoking prevalence are available across provinces. Specifically, we ranked all provinces from lowest to highest in order of: i) percent of CDP organizations engaged in tobacco control; and ii) mean level of involvement in tobacco control among those organizations that were engaged. Average ranks were assigned in the case of ties between provinces. (13) Provinces were categorized as having high or moderate "effort" based on the rank orders for both % engagement and involvement variables. Rank positions were plotted with % engagement on the x-axis, and mean level of involvement on the y-axis. The mean "change in prevalence of smoking" score for provinces grouped in each quadrant of the scatter plot was calculated. Data analyses were conducted using STATA software, version 11 (Stata Corp., College Station, TX).

RESULTS

Of the 216 public health organizations conducting population-level CDP programming in Canada in 2004, 88% had undertaken tobacco control activities in the three years prior to data collection and were categorized as "engaged". Fifty-three percent of all tobacco-engaged organizations were formally-mandated public health organizations, 20% were NGOs, 19% were "grouped" organizations and 8% were classified as "other". The proportion of engaged organizations ranged from 67% in PEI to 100% in Manitoba.

Tobacco control in specific settings

Level of involvement in tobacco control in Canada (among those organizations that were engaged) was highest in the community-at-large setting, followed by in schools. Involvement was relatively low in health care settings and the workplace (Table 2). Organizations in Nova Scotia reported the highest level of involvement across all settings. Compared to Nova Scotia, Quebec had a statistically significant lower level of involvement in schools; Ontario had a statistically significant lower level of involvement in health care settings; and Manitoba had a statistically significant lower level of involvement in the community at large.

Tobacco control strategies

Overall, the level of involvement was generally higher for population-than for individual-level strategies (Table 2). Among individual-level strategies, level of involvement was highest for public education. Compared to Ontario, Manitoba had a statistically significant lower level of involvement in public education. In comparison to Nova Scotia, Quebec and Manitoba had statistically significant lower levels of involvement in group development; Saskatchewan and Ontario had statistically significant lower levels of involvement in skill building at the individual level; Ontario and Alberta had statistically significant lower levels of involvement in self-help group facilitation; and Ontario had a statistically significant lower level of involvement in volunteer development.

Among population-level strategies, organizational involvement in advocacy, creating healthy environments and partnership building was consistent across the country. Notable differences were observed in the areas of healthy public policy development and community mobilization with statistically significant lower levels of involvement in the former in Quebec compared to Ontario and Nova Scotia. Compared to Nova Scotia, Ontario and Manitoba had statistically significant lower levels of involvement in community mobilization.

Declines in smoking prevalence

While all provinces experienced declines in the percentage of daily smokers in the 10-year period from 1999 to 2009, high-"effort" provinces (BC, NS, ON, QC) (Table 3) experienced, on average, a greater % decline in the prevalence of daily smoking than moderate-"effort" provinces (i.e., 32.9% decline versus 26.5%, respectively [Appendix 1]).

A distinct pattern of "change in prevalence of smoking" scores emerged among provinces with similar tobacco control "effort" (Table 4). Compared to all other provinces, high-"effort" provinces (located in the right upper quadrant of Figure 1) experienced, on average, a positive "change in prevalence of smoking" score (i.e., they improved their rank position in smoking prevalence standings in 2009 over that held in 1999). Provinces with fewer but very involved tobacco organizations positioned in the upper left hand quadrant, on average, held their rank position relative to the other provinces. However, provinces positioned in the lower quadrants (i.e., few organizations with low level of involvement [lower left-hand quadrant]; high proportion of engaged organizations with low level of involvement [lower right-hand quadrant]) experienced, on average, declines in prevalence standings.

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DISCUSSION

In 2004, when we conducted the first of a series of cross-Canada surveys of public health organizations mandated for the primary prevention of chronic disease, the smoking prevalence among adults in Canada remained on the decline and cigarettes were no longer socially acceptable. A growing number of provinces had implemented smoke-free legislation restricting access to cigarettes and reducing exposure to second-hand smoke in indoor public places and the workplace. (16) The groundwork for legal suits against tobacco companies to recover health care costs related to smoking was being developed. (17,18) Also in 2004 (three years after the launch of the Federal Tobacco Control Strategy), federal funding for tobacco control had been subjected to a series of cuts (19-21) and provincial funding for tobacco control activities varied considerably across the country. (16) Using data from our 2004 survey, we report high overall levels of engagement and involvement in tobacco control across provinces in Canada. However, combining these two indicators into a single indicator of "effort" suggests that there was substantial variability in "effort" across provinces in 2004. Albeit in an ecologic design, there appears to be an association between this "effort" and trends in the prevalence of daily smoking. It is notable that this finding emerges even though our measure of "effort" is relatively crude (i.e., it does not distinguish reach, effectiveness, or adoption). (22,23) This finding supports previous research in the US showing that smoking prevalence is negatively correlated with the strength of tobacco-related policies and programs. (24,25)

Engagement and involvement in tobacco control

Consistent with a recent report (7) showing that 100% of regional public health units/districts are involved in tobacco protection, prevention and cessation, this first survey of all CDP organizations across Canada concurs that a large majority of the extended public health community is engaged in tobacco control activities. Although it is important that many public health organizations address tobacco control, it would seem that sheer numbers may not be sufficient to impact prevalence. Rather our findings suggest that level of activity or involvement devoted by these "engaged" organizations is also influential in terms of smoking prevalence.

These findings naturally lead to a search for the policy and resource factors that explain differences in "effort". An example of a high-"effort" province is Nova Scotia, wherein the 2001 provincial tobacco strategy (26) had, as an important component, funding for dedicated full-time positions for tobacco control in all district health authorities, including public health and addiction services. This contrasts with most (i.e., 84%) health authorities across Canada that still do not have dedicated tobacco control units, and the 23% that have no dedicated tobacco control staff. (7) Perhaps reflective of this provincial strategy, our data suggest that Nova Scotia reported higher levels of involvement in tobacco control across a variety of settings and strategies compared to the other nine provinces. Further, Nova Scotia experienced one of the most important improvements in "change in smoking prevalence" scores in Canada. Nova Scotia may represent a province in which the association between commitment to tobacco control and declines in smoking is well exemplified.

Higher involvement in community settings and for population-level strategies

It is interesting that levels of involvement (both in terms of settings and strategies) at the population level are higher than those at the individual level, perhaps reflecting the general lack of evidence for the sustained effectiveness of individual-level interventions. (27) However, with the declines in smoking prevalence slowing down, alternate evidence-based tobacco control strategies may be needed for specific subgroups, including persistent smokers, vulnerable populations, and others that may not respond to standard approaches or receive adequate exposure to population-level interventions. (7,8,28-31)

Limitations

No data were collected independently outside the structured interviews to validate the tobacco control "effort" variable. We did conduct sensitivity analyses and confirmed statistically significant differences between mean tobacco control involvement levels of "engaged" versus "not engaged" organizations. Further, monotonic trends in the proportion of "engaged" organizations were observed with increasing tertile of level of involvement. The variables unique to tobacco control activity collected in 2004 were minimal, and the unit of analysis, although of interest in Canada, was limited to the 10 provinces. Ideally, data on type of tobacco control activity (i.e., protection, prevention, cessation) and province-specific social and policy circumstances would have helped contextualize the findings. The cross-sectional design of this study limits the interpretation of the association between 2004 provincial tobacco control "effort" and smoking prevalence. In particular, caution in causal inference is warranted for associations detected in ecological study designs. For example, residual confounding related to unmeasured factors (i.e., differential increases in the size of heavy-smoking populations and concomitant increases or decreases in tobacco accessibility (price, contraband, suppression actions outside the health sector) may have affected the associations reported. Observations within provinces may not be independent (i.e., the presence of one or more organizations with very high tobacco control profiles could have negatively affected provincial "effort" if the government/other agencies assumed lack of need).

CONCLUSION

The prevalence of smoking continues to be much too high in Canada, therefore tobacco control must remain a pivotal public health focus. The results of this study provide empirical evidence suggesting that provinces that were more committed to tobacco control experienced relatively greater declines in the prevalence of daily smoking. If this finding is substantiated, future research will need to address what level of resourcing of tobacco control activities is needed to further reduce the prevalence of tobacco use in this country. Given that smoking remains a critical public health issue, the kinds of data reported herein are needed to inform the debate on how best to invest in tobacco control infrastructure to combat the most important threat to public health of our times.
Appendix 1. Mean percentage decline in daily smoking
prevalence (CTUMS 1999 to 2009) among high- and
moderate-effort provinces based on % engagement and mean
involvement levels in tobacco control activities,
Canada (2004)

High-effort Provinces *     Prevalence Daily Smokers
                                  ([dagger])

                            1999    2009    % decline

BC                           16      12        25.0
NS                           25      17        32.0
ON                           19      12        36.8
QC                           25      16        36.0
Mean                        21.3    14.3       32.9

Moderate-effort Provinces

AB                           22      14        36.4
SK                           21      18        14.3
MB                           19      15        21.1
NB                           22      18        18.2
PE                           21      14        33.3
NL                           24      16        33.3
Mean                        21.5    15.8       26.5

* Provinces for which both % engagement and mean involvement were high
in relation to the other provinces; ([dagger]) Canadian Tobacco Use
Monitoring Survey (CTUMS), Percentage daily smokers, by province, age
15+ years, Canada 1999 to 2009.


Acknowledgements: This study was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Nancy Hanusaik is the recipient of a postdoctoral training award from the Fonds de la recherche en sante du Quebec (FRSQ). Katerina Maximova holds a Medical Services Inc (MSI) Foundation grant. Gilles Paradis holds a CIHR Applied Public Health Research Chair. Jennifer O'Loughlin holds a Canada Research Chair in the Early Determinants of Adult Chronic Disease.

Conflict of Interest: None to declare.

Received: April 27, 2011

Accepted: February 28, 2012

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Nancy Hanusaik, PDt, PhD, [1] Katerina Maximova, PhD, [2] Natalie Kishchuk, PhD, [3] Michele Tremblay, MD, [4] Gilles Paradis, MD, MSc, frcpc, [5] Jennifer O'Loughlin, PhD [6]

Author Affiliations

[1.] Universite de Montreal Public Health Research Institute, Montreal, QC

[2.] Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

[3.] Natalie Kishchuk Research and Evaluation Inc., Montreal, QC

[4.] Institut national de sante publique du Quebec, Montreal, QC

[5.] Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University; Institut national de sante publique du Quebec, Montreal, QC

[6.] Departement de medecine sociale et preventive, Universite de Montreal; Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CRCHUM); Institut national de sante publique du Quebec, Montreal, QC

Correspondence: Nancy Hanusaik, CRCHUM, 3875, rue Saint-Urbain, 1st Floor, Montreal, QC H2W 1V1, Tel: 514-890-8000, ext. 15860, Fax: 514-412-7137, E-mail: nancy.hanusaik@mail.mcgill.ca
Table 1. Description of the Survey Items, Response Choices and Method
of Scoring for Analysis

Variable            Description                Survey Item

% Engagement        Proportion of CDP          In the last 3 years, has
[in tobacco         organizations engaged in   your organization
control]            tobacco control.           undertaken any chronic
                                               disease prevention or
                                               healthy lifestyle
                                               promotion activities for
                                               tobacco control?

Mean level of       Mean amount of effort or   Think about the last 3
involvement [in     activity that engaged      years. How would you
tobacco control     CDP organizations had      rate your organization's
activities]         devoted to tobacco         involvement in chronic
                    control as a proportion    disease prevention/
                    of their total effort in   healthy lifestyle
                    chronic disease            promotion activities
                    prevention/healthy         that address tobacco
                    lifestyle promotion.       control?

Tobacco control     Assessed using two         Not applicable.
"effort" *          indicators: i) %
                    engagement in tobacco
                    control; and ii) mean
                    level of involvement in
                    tobacco control
                    activities.

Involvement in                                 How would you rate your
tobacco control                                organization's level of
across settings                                involvement in tobacco
                                               control activities in
                                               the following settings:
                                               i) schools; ii) work-
                                               places; iii) health care
                                               settings; iv) community
                                               at large.

Involvement in                                 How would you rate your
tobacco control                                organization's level of
across strategies                              involvement in tobacco
                                               control activities using
                                               the following
                                               strategies: individual-
                                               or small-group focused
                                               activities (i.e., group
                                               development, public
                                               education, skill
                                               building at the
                                               individual level,
                                               facilitation of self-
                                               help groups, service
                                               provider skill building,
                                               volunteer development),
                                               and those targeted to
                                               the population at large
                                               (i.e., healthy public
                                               policy development,
                                               advocacy, community
                                               mobilization, creating
                                               healthy environments).
                                               Level of involvement in
                                               partnership building
                                               (which can be viewed as
                                               either an individual-or
                                               population-focused
                                               strategy) was also
                                               measured.

Change in           Using Canadian Tobacco     Not applicable.
prevalence of       Use Monitoring Survey
smoking score       (CTUMS) data (Health
                    Canada, 2009), we ranked
                    each province from 1
                    (lowest prevalence) to
                    10 (highest prevalence)
                    according to the
                    prevalence of daily
                    smoking in 1999, and
                    then again ten years
                    later in 2009. Rank
                    order position in
                    prevalence in 2009 was
                    compared to rank order
                    position in 1999 (Table
                    4).

Variable            Response Choices           Scoring for Analysis

% Engagement        Yes / No.                  Provinces ranked from 1
[in tobacco                                    to 10 according to the
control]                                       proportion of CDP
                                               organizations engaged;
                                               rank order >5
                                               categorized as "high"
                                               engagement (Table 3).

Mean level of       5-point Likert-type        Provinces ranked from 1
involvement [in     scale that ranged from     to 10 according to mean
tobacco control     "very low" (1) to "very    level of involvement;
activities]         high" (5).                 rank order >5
                                               categorized as "high"
                                               involvement (Table 3).

Tobacco control     High/moderate effort.      "High effort" = both
"effort" *                                     engagement and
                                               involvement categorized
                                               as high. "Moderate
                                               effort" = provinces
                                               ranked low on both
                                               indicators or had mixed
                                               rankings (Table 3).

Involvement in      5-point Likert-type        If no activities were
tobacco control     scale that ranged from     conducted in a
across settings     "very low" (1) to "very    particular setting,
                    high" (5).                 involvement was rated
                                               "very low".

Involvement in      5-point Likert-type        If no activities were
tobacco control     scale that ranged from     conducted using a
across strategies   "very low" (1) to "very    specific intervention
                    high" (5).                 strategy, involvement
                                               was rated "very low".

Change in           Not applicable.            Score = number of rank
prevalence of                                  order position points
smoking score                                  gained or lost from 1999
                                               to 2009. A positive
                                               value represents an
                                               improvement in 2009
                                               prevalence standing over
                                               the position held in
                                               1999 (Table 4).

* This measure of "effort" reflects two dimensions (i.e.,
infrastructure and anti-tobacco programming) of the Strength of
Tobacco Control Index (14,15) by juxtaposing number or proportion of
public health organizations engaged in tobacco control and mean level
of involvement in tobacco control activities.

Table 2. Level of Involvement in Tobacco Control Activities in
Specific Settings and Using Specific Types of Intervention Strategies
According to Province, Canada, 2004-2005

                                  Level of Involvement in Tobacco
                                      Control, Mean (SD) *

                               TOTAL          BC              AB
Setting                       (n=172)       (n=18)          (n=12)

  Community at large         4.0 (0.9)   3.7 (1.1)       3.8 (1.1)
  Schools                    3.5 (1.3)   3.6 (1.1)       3.3 (1.4)
  Workplace                  3.0 (1.2)   3.0 (1.2)       2.8 (1.5)
  Health care                3.1 (1.2)   3.3 (1.4)       2.9 (1.3)
Intervention Strategy
  Individual level
    Public education         3.9 (1.0)   3.8 (1.0)       3.4 (1.2)
    Group development        3.1 (1.1)   3.0 (1.3)       3.1 (0.9)
    Skill building at the
      individual level       3.2 (1.0)   3.7 (1.1) (f)   3.1 (0.9)
    Facilitation of self-
      help groups            2.4 (1.3)   2.6 (1.5)       1.7 (1.1) (g)
    Service provider skill
      building               2.9 (1.2)   3.1 (1.4)       2.7 (1.1)
    Volunteer development    2.4 (1.2)   2.8 (1.2)       2.1 (0.9)
  Population level
    Healthy public policy
      development            4.0 (1.2)   4.2 (0.9)       3.6 (1.2)
    Advocacy                 3.9 (1.1)   3.8 (1.1)       3.5 (1.4)
    Community mobilization   3.6 (1.1)   3.6 (0.9)       3.4 (1.3)
    Creating healthy
      environments           3.9 (1.0)   3.8 (1.0)       3.6 (0.8)
  Partnership building       3.8 (1.0)   4.1 (0.9)       3.7 (0.6)

                              Level of Involvement in Tobacco
                                   Control, Mean (SD) *

                                   SK                MB
Setting                          (n=14)            (n=10)

  Community at large         3.9 (1.2)         3.3 (0.8) (a)
  Schools                    3.5 (1.0)         2.7 (1.3)
  Workplace                  2.7 (1.1)         2.4 (1.5)
  Health care                3.1 (1.3)         3.0 (1.2)
Intervention Strategy
  Individual level
    Public education         3.7 (1.1)         3.1 (1.1) (d)
    Group development        2.8 (1.0)         2.0 (0.7) (a,d)
    Skill building at the
      individual level       2.5 (1.1) (e,f)   2.6 (1.3)
    Facilitation of self-
      help groups            1.9 (1.1)         2.2 (0.9)
    Service provider skill
      building               2.5 (0.9)         2.8 (1.3)
    Volunteer development    2.4 (1.3)         2.0 (1.3)
  Population level
    Healthy public policy
      development            3.8 (1.4)         3.1 (1.5)
    Advocacy                 3.8 (1.3)         3.5 (1.3)
    Community mobilization   3.4 (1.3)         2.5 (1.3) (a,d)
    Creating healthy
      environments           4.0 (1.1)         3.3 (1.1)
  Partnership building       3.6 (1.3)         3.5 (1.3)

                                  Level of Involvement in Tobacco
                                       Control, Mean (SD) *

                                  ON              QC            NB
Setting                         (n=172)         (n=172)       (n=172)

  Community at large         4.2 (0.7)      3.4 (1.1)        4.0 (1.4)
  Schools                    3.6 (1.3)      2.5 (1.6) (b)    4.0 (1.4)
  Workplace                  3.1 (1.1)      2.9 (1.5)        2.8 (1.7)
  Health care                2.7 (1.0) (c)  3.4 (1.2)        3.5 (1.3)
Intervention Strategy
  Individual level
    Public education         4.2 (0.9) (d)  4.0 (0.8)        3.7 (1.0)
    Group development        3.2 (1.1) (d)  2.7 (1.1) (b)    3.7 (1.3)
    Skill building at the
      individual level       2.9 (1.0) (c)  3.7 (0.9)        3.0 (0.8)
    Facilitation of self-
      help groups            2.2 (1.1) (c)  2.4 (1.8)        2.7 (1.5)
    Service provider skill
      building               2.8 (1.0)      3.1 (1.7)        3.7 (1.9)
    Volunteer development    2.3 (1.2) (c)  2.3 (1.4)        2.2 (1.5)
  Population level
    Healthy public policy
      development            4.2 (1.0) (h)  3.0 (1.5) (b,h)  4.5 (1.0)
    Advocacy                 3.9 (1.1)      3.2 (1.4)        3.5 (1.9)
    Community mobilization   3.9 (0.9) (d)  3.0 (1.1)        4.0 (1.4)
    Creating healthy
      environments           4.1 (0.9)      3.4 (1.2)        4.2 (1.0)
  Partnership building       3.6 (1.0)      3.6 (1.2)        4.5 (1.0)

                                  Level of Involvement in Tobacco
                                       Control, Mean (SD) *

                                   NS             PE          NL
Setting                          (n=172)        (n=172)     (n=172)

  Community at large         4.5 (0.7) (a)     4.0 (0.9)   3.8 (0.7)
  Schools                    4.2 (0.8) (b)     3.6 (1.5)   3.3 (1.1)
  Workplace                  3.4 (1.0)         2.8 (1.6)   2.8 (1.3)
  Health care                3.9 (0.9) (c)     3.4 (1.3)   3.3 (1.5)
Intervention Strategy
  Individual level
    Public education         4.1 (0.9)         3.9 (0.8)   3.8 (0.9)
    Group development        4.1 (0.8) (a,b)   3.1 (1.1)   3.1 (1.2)
    Skill building at the
      individual level       3.9 (1.0) (c,e)   3.6 (0.9)   3.1 (0.7)
    Facilitation of self-
      help groups            3.4 (1.4) (c,g)   2.4 (1.2)   3.1 (0.9)
    Service provider skill
      building               3.5 (1.3)         3.0 (1.1)   2.9 (1.2)
    Volunteer development    3.4 (1.3) (c)     2.4 (1.2)   2.5 (1.0)
  Population level
    Healthy public policy
      development            4.5 (0.6) (b)     4.1 (1.2)   3.6 (0.8)
    Advocacy                 4.5 (0.6)         3.9 (1.1)   4.0 (0.7)
    Community mobilization   4.2 (0.7) (a)     3.4 (1.1)   3.2 (0.8)
    Creating healthy
      environments           3.9 (1.0)         3.9 (1.0)   3.7 (0.7)
  Partnership building       4.4 (0.5)         3.6 (0.9)   4.1 (0.9)

* Organizations with a multi-province mandate (n=6) were excluded from
provincial comparisons. Tukey-Kramer pairwise comparisons were
statistically significant (p< 0.05) between: NS and MB = (a); NS and
QC = (b); NS and ON = (c); MB and ON = (d); NS and SK = (e); SK and BC
= (f); NS and AB = (g); QC and ON = h.

([dagger])  Includes one organization with a multi-province mandate.

Table 3. Provincial Rank Order Classifications of Canadian Chronic
Disease Prevention Organizations According to % of Organizations
Engaged in Tobacco Control, Mean Level of Involvement in Tobacco
Control Activities Among Organizations That Were Engaged, and Tobacco
Control "Effort" (2004-2005)

           Engagement *      Involvement *
            ([dagger])        ([dagger])

Province     %     Rank    Mean (SD)    Rank

Total        88      --     4.1 (1.0)     --
BC           91       7     4.3 (0.8)    8.5
AB           71       2     4.1 (1.0)    5.5
SK           85       4     3.9 (0.7)    3.5
MB          100      10     3.2 (1.1)    1
ON           99       9     4.4 (0.9)   10
QC           93       8     4.1 (0.9)    5.5
NB           80       3     4.2 (1.5)    7
NS           89       6     4.3 (0.7)    8.5
PE           67       1     3.7 (0.9)    2
NL           88       5     3.9 (1.0)    3.5

                 Rank Order Classification
                  ([double dagger])

Province   Engagement    Involvement    Effort

Total          --            --           --
BC            High          High         High
AB             Low          High       Moderate
SK             Low           Low       Moderate
MB            High           Low       Moderate
ON            High          High         High
QC            High          High         High
NB             Low          High       Moderate
NS            High          High         High
PE             Low           Low       Moderate
NL             Low           Low       Moderate

* Organizations with multi-province mandates excluded from provincial
results; ([dagger]) Ranked lowest to highest; ([double dagger]) %
Engagement and level of involvement rated "high" for provinces that
ranked >5; Tobacco control "effort" rated high if both % engagement
and level of involvement categorized as "high", otherwise rated
"moderate".

Table 4. Mean "Change in Prevalence of Smoking" Scores According to
Tobacco Control Effort (1999-2009)

Tobacco Control Effort    Province    Prevalence     Rank 1999
                                     Daily Smokers   Prevalence
                                      1999 (%) *     ([dagger])

High                         BC           16            1
  (High engagement/high      ON           19            2.5
  involvement)               QC           25            9.5
                             NS           25            9.5

Moderate                     AB           22            6.5
  (Low engagement/high       NB           22            6.5
  involvement)

Moderate                     SK           21            4.5
  (Low engagement/low        PE           21            4.5
  involvement)               NL           24            8

Moderate                     MB           19            2.5
  (High engagement/low
  involvement)

Tobacco Control Effort    Province    Prevalence     Rank 2009
                                     Daily Smokers   Prevalence
                                      2009 (%) *     ([dagger])

High                         BC           12            1.5
  (High engagement/high      ON           12            1.5
  involvement)               QC           16            6.5
                             NS           17            8

Moderate                     AB           14            3.5
  (Low engagement/high       NB           18            9.5
  involvement)

Moderate                     SK           18            9.5
  (Low engagement/low        PE           14            3.5
  involvement)               NL           16            6.5

Moderate                     MB           15            5
  (High engagement/low
  involvement)

Tobacco Control Effort    Province       Change in
                                       Prevalence of
                                       Smoking Score
                                     ([double dagger])

High                         BC                   -0.5
  (High engagement/high      ON                   +1.0
  involvement)               QC                   +3.0
                             NS                   +1.5
                                     Mean score = +1.25
Moderate                     AB                   +3.0
  (Low engagement/high       NB                   -3.0
  involvement)                          Mean score = 0

Moderate                     SK                   -4.0
  (Low engagement/low        PE                   +1.0
  involvement)               NL                   +1.5
                                     Mean score = -0.5
Moderate                     MB                   -2.5
  (High engagement/low               Mean score = -2.5
  involvement)

* Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS), Percentage daily
smokers, by province, age 15+ years, Canada 1999 to 2009; ([dagger])
Ranked lowest to highest prevalence; ([double dagger]) Positive values
represent an improvement in 2009 prevalence standing over the rank
position held in 1999. The actual value represents the number of
position points gained or lost.
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