Occupation |
Number of Respondents |
Current Smokers |
Former Smokers |
Prevalence (%) |
95% Confidence Interval |
Prevalence (%) |
95% Confidence Interval |
Machine operators and tenderers, except precision |
743 |
45.9 |
41.9 - 49.8 |
18.2 |
15.3 - 21.1 |
Forestry and fishing occupations |
20 |
42.0 |
16.3 - 67.7 |
2.4 |
0.0 - 7.1 |
Construction and extractive trades |
806 |
41.3 |
37.4 - 45.2 |
18.6 |
15.3 - 21.9 |
Material moving equipment operators |
139 |
40.5 |
31.3 - 49.7 |
15.8 |
8.5 - 23.1 |
Food service |
839 |
39.8 |
35.5 - 44.1 |
11.4 |
9.2 - 13.6 |
Precision production occupations |
527 |
36.2 |
31.5 - 40.9 |
19.0 |
15.3 - 22.7 |
Motor vehicle operators |
597 |
34.8 |
30.5 - 39.1 |
20.4 |
16.9 - 23.9 |
Construction laborers |
149 |
34.3 |
26.3 - 42.3 |
13.2 |
6.1 - 20.3 |
Health service |
475 |
32.8 |
27.7 - 37.9 |
14.3 |
10.6 - 18.0 |
Freight, stock and material handlers |
583 |
32.5 |
28.0 - 37.0 |
13.8 |
10.5 - 17.1 |
Mechanics and repairers |
623 |
31.5 |
27.2 - 35.8 |
22.0 |
18.5 - 25.5 |
Cleaning and building service |
534 |
30.8 |
26.3 - 35.3 |
15.0 |
11.7 - 18.3 |
Other protective service occupations |
158 |
28.6 |
20.6 - 36.6 |
20.0 |
12.9 - 27.1 |
Farm workers and other agricultural workers |
337 |
28.6 |
22.9 - 34.3 |
14.1 |
9.2 - 19.0 |
Fabricators, assemblers, inspectors and samplers |
401 |
28.1 |
22.8 - 33.4 |
18.2 |
13.5 - 22.9 |
Other transportation, except motor vehicles |
36 |
25.3 |
7.9 - 42.7 |
28.8 |
11.6 - 46.0 |
Managers and administrators, except public administration |
1,857 |
25.2 |
23.0 - 27.4 |
23.0 |
20.8 - 25.2 |
Health technologists and technicians |
281 |
24.9 |
18.8 - 30.9 |
15.2 |
10.5 - 19.9 |
Other sales |
905 |
24.4 |
21.3 - 27.5 |
17.2 |
14.3 - 20.1 |
Supervisors and proprietors |
601 |
23.4 |
19.7 - 27.1 |
24.2 |
19.9 - 28.5 |
Financial records processing occupations |
343 |
23.1 |
18.0 - 28.2 |
18.1 |
13.4 - 22.8 |
Personal service |
467 |
20.8 |
16.7 - 24.9 |
17.5 |
13.4 - 21.6 |
Secretaries, stenographers and typists |
405 |
20.5 |
16.2 - 24.8 |
19.7 |
14.8 - 24.6 |
Officials and administrators, public health administration |
117 |
20.1 |
11.7 - 28.5 |
31.6 |
22.6 - 40.6 |
Management related occupation |
793 |
19.9 |
16.6 - 23.2 |
20.2 |
16.9 - 23.5 |
Mail and message distributing |
133 |
19.3 |
11.9 - 26.7 |
24.0 |
15.2 - 32.8 |
Other administrative support |
1,941 |
19.3 |
11.8 - 26.7 |
19.0 |
17.0 - 21.0 |
Sales representatives, commodities and finances |
623 |
18.9 |
15.4 - 22.4 |
26.5 |
22.6 - 30.4 |
Writers, artists, entertainers and athletes |
343 |
18.6 |
14.1 - 23.1 |
23.3 |
18.4 - 28.2 |
Technologists, technicians except health |
378 |
18.5 |
14.4 - 22.6 |
20.9 |
16.4 - 25.4 |
Architects and surveyors |
27 |
17.1 |
1.6 - 32.6 |
16.5 |
0.6 - 32.4 |
Police and firefighters |
188 |
16.3 |
10.8 - 21.8 |
21.5 |
14.8 - 28.2 |
Private households occupations |
147 |
16.0 |
8.4 - 23.6 |
18.3 |
9.3 - 27.3 |
Natural mathematical and computer scientists |
377 |
15.6 |
11.3 - 19.9 |
19.6 |
15.5 - 23.7 |
Other professional specialty occupations |
434 |
14.6 |
11.1 - 18.1 |
24.2 |
19.3 - 29.1 |
Engineers |
292 |
13.4 |
9.3 - 17.5 |
18.6 |
13.9 - 23.3 |
Farm operators and managers |
127 |
13.2 |
7.9 - 18.5 |
25.9 |
18.1 - 33.7 |
Health assessment and treating occupations |
510 |
12.5 |
9.8 - 15.2 |
22.5 |
18.6 - 26.4 |
Computer equipment operators |
42 |
10.3 |
1.9 - 18.7 |
17.4 |
3.3 - 31.5 |
Teachers, librarians and counselors |
1,115 |
9.6 |
7.6 - 11.6 |
20.9 |
18.0 - 23.8 |
Health diagnosing occupations |
153 |
3.7 |
0.2 - 7.2 |
18.1 |
11.2 - 25.0 |
Military |
5 |
0.0 |
- - |
30.9 |
0.0 - 71.9 |
TOTAL |
20,094 |
25.0 |
24.2 - 25.8 |
19.4 |
18.8 - 20.0 |