Tobacco Induced Diseases

Table 4 Adolescents’ snus use by parental smoking and education (N = 183,226)

From: Use of snus, its association with smoking and alcohol consumption, and related attitudes among adolescents: the Finnish National School Health Promotion Study

	Parental smoking^a (%)			Parental education^b (%)
	yes^b	no	p-value	Primary or secondary school	Higher educational level	p-value
Comprehensive (CS) (n = 99,597)
Boys (all)	35	65		60	40
Current snus user	44	56	<0.001	57	43	<0.001
Never tried or once	34	66	<0.001	60	40	<0.001
Girls (all)	37	63		63	37
Current snus user	55	45	<0.001	62	38	0.606
Never tried or once	36	64	<0.001	63	37	0.606
Upper secondary (USS) (n = 46,644)
Boys (all)	24	76		46	54
Current snus user	27	73	<0.001	39	61	<0.001
Never tried or once	24	76	<0.001	47	53	<0.001
Girls (all)	28	72		52	48
Current snus user	34	66	<0.001	50	50	0.148
Never tried or once	28	72	<0.001	52	48	0.148
Vocational school (VS) (n = 36,985)
Boys (all)	43	57		75	25
Current snus user	48	52	<0.001	69	31	<0.001
Never tried or once	41	59		76	24	<0.001
Girls (all)	48	52	<0.001	80	20
Current snus user	57	43		77	23	0.016
Never tried or once	48	52		80	20	0.016

Comparisons in each school type, by gender of adolescents
Statistical evaluation was done by chi-square test
^aAt least one of the parents smoked
^bThe highest educational level at least one of the parents achieved
(Primary or secondary level included CS, USS, VS; Higher level included: vocational degree or university or polytechnics)

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