The Decline of Smoking in Northern Sweden

Authors: Stegmayr, Birgitta¹; Eliasson, Mats²; Rodu, Brad³

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Volume 33, Number 4, 01Aug2005 , pp. 321-324(4)

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Abstract:

For decades men in Sweden have smoked at far lower rates than those in comparable countries. Previous studies showed that snus use played a major role in low smoking rates among men in northern Sweden; daily smoking declined from 19% (95% CI 16–22%) in 1986 to 11% (CI 8.9–14%) in 1999. The prevalence of smoking among all men is now 9% (CI 7.0–11%) and only 3% (CI 0.1–5.4%) among men age 25–34 years; the prevalence of exclusive snus use is 27% (CI 24–30%) and 34% (CI 27–42%) respectively. Combined smoking and snus use, an unstable and transient category, was under 5% in all surveys and was 2.2% (CI 1.4–3.4%) by 2004. For the first time snus use is also associated with a decrease in smoking prevalence among women. These patterns of tobacco use have implications for all smoking-dominated societies.

Keywords: smoking; trends; snus; moist snuff

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14034940510032301

Affiliations: 1: Medicine, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden 2: Department of Medicine, Sunderby Hospital, Luleå and Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden 3: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

Publication date: 2005-08-01

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