Snus use is increasing sharply among young people

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Published November 24, 2021 at 11:31 AM

Domestic. The proportion who smoke daily is declining in the population. On the other hand, snus use is increasing, especially between the ages of 16 and 29. The proportion of young women who use snus has tripled, according to new results from the national public health survey, Health on equal terms.

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The results are based on survey responses from around 17,500 people between the ages of 16 and 84. Among other things, they show that the long-term trend of declining daily smoking continues.

In 2021, 6 percent of both women and men stated that they smoke daily. But there are big differences between different groups in the population based on factors such as education, income and employment. For example, daily smoking has not decreased among people with pre-secondary education.

At the same time, the survey shows that daily snus is increasing, especially among young people. At the age of 16-29, the proportion of women who stated that they used snus daily increased from 3 percent in 2018 to 9 percent in 2021. Among men of the corresponding age, use increased from 16 to 19 percent.