The Youth Smoking Survey (YSS) is a school-based survey of Canadian youth in grades 6-12 (primaire 6 to secondaire V in Quebec) that captures information related to tobacco, alcohol and drug use. The YSS was initiated in 1994 and data has been collected on a biennial basis since 2002. The survey, which is funded by Health Canada and conducted by the Propel Centre from the University of Waterloo, includes 50,949 students (representing approximately 3 million youth) in grades 6-12 from all provinces except New Brunswick which declined to participate in this cycle. Examples of survey items include smoking status and the use of little cigars among students in grades 6-12, as well as past 12 month binge drinking, illicit drug use and the abuse of psychoactive pharmaceuticals among students in grades 7-12.
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