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Alarming development of dual snus and cigarette usage among young Finnish males
BACKGROUND: 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...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6737716/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31510968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7519-1 |
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author | Danielsson, Maria Lammi, Anelma Siitonen, Simo Ollgren, Jukka Pylkkänen, Liisa Vasankari, Tuula |
author_facet | Danielsson, Maria Lammi, Anelma Siitonen, Simo Ollgren, Jukka Pylkkänen, Liisa Vasankari, Tuula |
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description | BACKGROUND: 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. METHODS: 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. RESULTS: 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 < 0.001). One third (35%) of former smokers reported daily snus use and over 40% of the former snus users smoked daily. One third (34%) of the participants reported snus usage and 14% of the study subjects used snus daily. 40% of the study population were smokers and over 25% smoked daily. Of the participants with basic educational background 57% smoked daily (p < 0.001), however, no association between snus and level of education was found (p = 0.69). CONCLUSIONS: This study provides better understanding of the complex tobacco habits of young adult males. The simultaneous usage of multiple tobacco products as well as the high tendency to transition from one tobacco product to another should be taken into consideration when planning cessation interventions in health care settings and tobacco control policies at societal levels. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-019-7519-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-67377162019-09-16 Alarming development of dual snus and cigarette usage among young Finnish males Danielsson, Maria Lammi, Anelma Siitonen, Simo Ollgren, Jukka Pylkkänen, Liisa Vasankari, Tuula BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: 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. METHODS: 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. RESULTS: 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 < 0.001). One third (35%) of former smokers reported daily snus use and over 40% of the former snus users smoked daily. One third (34%) of the participants reported snus usage and 14% of the study subjects used snus daily. 40% of the study population were smokers and over 25% smoked daily. Of the participants with basic educational background 57% smoked daily (p < 0.001), however, no association between snus and level of education was found (p = 0.69). CONCLUSIONS: This study provides better understanding of the complex tobacco habits of young adult males. The simultaneous usage of multiple tobacco products as well as the high tendency to transition from one tobacco product to another should be taken into consideration when planning cessation interventions in health care settings and tobacco control policies at societal levels. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-019-7519-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2019-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6737716/ /pubmed/31510968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7519-1 Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Danielsson, Maria Lammi, Anelma Siitonen, Simo Ollgren, Jukka Pylkkänen, Liisa Vasankari, Tuula Alarming development of dual snus and cigarette usage among young Finnish males |
title | Alarming development of dual snus and cigarette usage among young Finnish males |
title_full | Alarming development of dual snus and cigarette usage among young Finnish males |
title_fullStr | Alarming development of dual snus and cigarette usage among young Finnish males |
title_full_unstemmed | Alarming development of dual snus and cigarette usage among young Finnish males |
title_short | Alarming development of dual snus and cigarette usage among young Finnish males |
title_sort | alarming development of dual snus and cigarette usage among young finnish males |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6737716/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31510968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7519-1 |
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