Do never smokers make up an increasing share of snus users as cigarette smoking declines? Changes in smoking status among male snus users in Norway 2003-15.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To examine how the relative size of six groups of male ever snus users (current and former users of snus who were current, former or never cigarette smokers) varied over time in Norway, and how these groups differ with regard to important measures of tobacco behaviour.

Design

Repeated cross-sectional nationally representative surveys of tobacco use. The association between survey year and the six categories of ever snus use was examined using cross-tabulation and multinomial logistic regression. Differences in tobacco behaviour across snus use categories were examined using logistic and ordinary least squares (OLS) regression.

Setting

Norway, 2003-15.

Participants

A total of 2067 males aged 15-79 years.

Measurements

The categories of ever snus use r

SUBMITTER: Lund KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5248595 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature