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Brief Survey of Current Oral Tobacco and Nicotine Product Use in Sweden and Denmark Cover

Brief Survey of Current Oral Tobacco and Nicotine Product Use in Sweden and Denmark

By: Krishna Prasad and  Lauren Edward  
Open Access
|Feb 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Modern oral products.
Modern oral products.

Demographic characteristics of the Danish and Swedish survey populations_

DenmarkSweden


CharacteristicStudy pop.Snus/NP usersFMC usersAll usersCharacteristicStudy pop.Snus/NP usersFMC usersAll users
Total number440297834931Total number700312197091882
GenderGender
Male50.5%78.6%56.2%58.53%Male51.1%77.2%50.9%67.1%
Female49.5%21.4%43.8%41.47%Female48.9%22.8%49.1%32.9%
Age group, yearAge group, year
18–2926.4%78.3%37.6%41.84%18–2925.9%31.9%40.4%33.2%
30–4430.0%14.2%25.7%24.50%30–4432.6%37.8%26.2%33.7%
≥4543.5%7.5%36.7%33.66%4541.6%30.2%33.4%33.1%
Education levelEducation level
Primary year 1–70.5%1.8%1.0%1.08%Compulsory school6.2%6.7%9.2%7.6%
Primary year 8–109.1%18.1%15.0%15.32%Upper secondary school41.4%51.5%54.1%51.1%
Intermediate1.7%4.1%1.9%2.13%College – no degree7.5%8.3%9.0%8.8%
Upper secondary15.2%38.9%19.6%21.61%University – degree44.4%32.8%27.1%31.8%
Vocational training20.7%18.8%25.3%24.62%No answer0.2%0.2%0.3%0.2%
Higher (< 3 y)7.9%2.9%7.3%6.84%
Higher (3–5 y)27.9%9.7%19.0%18.03%
Higher (> 5 y)16.2%5.8%9.9%9.47%
No answer0.7%1.0%0.90%
EmploymentEmployment
Employed full time58.2%52.2%43.6%44.50%Employed full time63.2%68.3%58.4%64.5%
Employed part time9.0%9.1%3.3%3.90%Employed part time10.9%8.2%12.3%9.5%
House-wife/husband7.5%7.4%7.0%7.04%House-wife/husband0.2%0.1%0.0%
Unemployed13.5%16.3%42.5%39.77%Unemployed4.5%3.7%6.4%4.9%
Retired0.8%1.4%0.15%Retired3.7%2.1%4.4%3.5%
Self-employed5.3%6.9%1.6%2.15%Self-employed5.6%5.6%3.8%5.1%
Student4.5%5.5%1.0%1.47%Student11.7%11.9%14.7%12.4%
Other1.1%1.2%0.9%0.93%Refused to answer0.3%0.1%0.1%

Incidence and average daily consumption (ADC) of tobacco and nicotine product use in Sweden and Denmark in 2019_a

ProductSweden (n = 7003)Denmark (n = 4402)


Users (%)ADC (units/day)Users (%)ADC (units/day)
Oral nicotine product use18.611.13.25.6
Snus17.111.30.8
Nicotine pouches1.48.32.4
FMC11.07.020.510.7
Total nicotine product use28.526.0
Language: English
Page range: 34 - 39
Submitted on: Nov 30, 2022
Accepted on: Jun 6, 2023
Published on: Feb 12, 2025
Published by: Institut für Tabakforschung GmbH
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2025 Krishna Prasad, Lauren Edward, published by Institut für Tabakforschung GmbH
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