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4. Data source: Canadian Vital Statistics — Death Database 1996–2000, Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division.
5. The analyses were performed on Health Canada’s DAIS nesstar edition of anonymized microdata from the Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, 2002 Annual-Persons File, Which contains anonymized microdata collected by the Special Surveys Sub-division, Labour and Household Surveys Branch, Statistics Canada.