As Mr. Glover was pointing out, since 2005, 19% of the population who are 15 years of age or older are tobacco users. I'd like to add that in 1985 that number was 35%. So in twenty years we went from 35% to 19%. We're very proud of this. Obviously it's not just the federal government; it's the provincial and territorial governments as well.
I would also add that if we look at youth, the group from 15 to 19, we were at 28% in 1998 and at 15% in 2007. Again, in less than 10 years we went from 28% to 15% of youth aged 15 to 19. We're very proud of this very important decrease, but there again we are challenged in continuing to decrease the number of youth who are smoking, hence the appropriateness or the timeliness of this bill.