Alarming development of dual snus and cigarette usage among young Finnish males

The consumption of tobacco products has evolved to include more complex combinations of different products. We investigated the tobacco habits of a representative population of young Finnish male conscripts in order to evaluate the prevalence of dual use of cigarettes and snus as well as the transit...

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Published in:BMC public health 2019-09, Vol.19 (1), p.1249-1249, Article 1249
Main Authors: Danielsson, Maria, Lammi, Anelma, Siitonen, Simo, Ollgren, Jukka, Pylkkänen, Liisa, Vasankari, Tuula
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age
Analysis
Cigarette Smoking - epidemiology
Cigarettes
Consumption
Dependence
Draft
Dual use
Education
Finland - epidemiology
Health aspects
Health Behavior
Health surveys
Humans
Male
Males
Medical education
Military service
Nicotine
Planning
Population studies
Public health
Questionnaires
Questions
Random sampling
Smokeless tobacco
Smoking
Smoking Cessation - statistics & numerical data
Snus
Soldiers
Statistical sampling
Studies
Tobacco
Tobacco Products - statistics & numerical data
Tobacco Use Disorder - epidemiology
Tobacco, Smokeless - statistics & numerical data
Transition
Writing
Young Adult
Young adults
Youth smoking
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Summary:The consumption of tobacco products has evolved to include more complex combinations of different products. We investigated the tobacco habits of a representative population of young Finnish male conscripts in order to evaluate the prevalence of dual use of cigarettes and snus as well as the transition from one tobacco product to another. In addition, we evaluated the correlation between the level of education and the use of cigarettes and snus. A questionnaire-based survey was carried out in three out of 17 garrisons among conscripts during their first week of service in 2014. A total of 1971 male conscripts were selected by simple random sampling of the 9013 males in the selected garrisons. Of them 1916 participated and filled in the questionnaire. The response rate was 97.2%. The questionnaire consisted of 25 questions including age, gender, basic education, use of tobacco products as well as questions assessing nicotine dependency. The amount of dual users of cigarettes and snus was 21%. There was a higher probability of dual use of cigarettes and snus among smokers compared to snus users (p 
ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-019-7519-1