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Table 5 Adolescents’ current use of snus explained by adolescent- and parent-related factors

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

 

aAll

bComprehensive

bUpper secondary

bVocational

(N = 183,226)

(N = 99,597)

(N = 46,644)

(N = 36,985)

 

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

Gender

    

 boys vs. girls

9.9 (9.4–10.4)

10.3 (9.6–11.0)

11.1 (10.1–12.1)

8.4 (7.7–9.2)

School type

    

 USS vs. CS

0.8 (0.6–1.0)

-

-

-

 VS vs. CS

1.4 (1.1–1.8)

   

Smoking

    

 current smoker vs. not at all

32.8 (26.1–41.1)

29.2 (21.9–38.8)

50.7 (27.9–91.9)

39.3 (23.0–67.3)

 not currently vs. not at all

10.1 (8.0–12.9)

8.9 (6.5–11.7)

13.7 (7.1–26.1)

16.8 (9.5–29.9)

Alcohol consumption

    

 weekly or more vs. not at all

27.4 (21.0–35.8)

21.5 (14.7–31.5)

21.3 (11.8–38.6)

16.4 (9.4–28.6)

 monthly vs. not at all

13.5 (11.0–16.6)

12.3 (9.6–15.7)

14.0 (8.6–23.0)

9.9 (6.1–16.3)

 less than monthly vs. not at all

5.9 (4.7–7.3)

5.4 (4.2–6.9)

5.1 (3.0–8.8)

4.5 (2.6–7.9)

Attitudes towards smoking

    

 positive vs. else

1.4 (1.3–1.6)

1.4 (1.2–1.7)

1.4 (1.1–1.7)

1.4 (1.03–1.7)

Attitudes towards alcohol use

    

 positive vs. else

0.6 (0.5–0.7)

0.6 (0.5–0.7)

0.3 (0.2–0.6)

0.7 (0.5–1.0)

Parental smokingc

    

 current smoker vs. else

1.0 (0.98–1.1)

1.02 (0.96–1.1)

0.99 (0.91–1.1)

1.1 (0.98–1.1)

Parental educationd

    

 higher vs. primary or secondary

1.4 (1.3–1.4)

1.4 (1.3–1.5)

1.3 (1.2–1.4)

1.4 (1.3–1.5)

  1. OR Adjusted odds ratios with 95 %, CI confidence intervals, School type: CS comprehensive school, US upper secondary school, VS vocational school
  2. aLogistic model adjusted by age and interaction terms; Interaction terms used for the models: school type*smoking; school type*alcohol consumption; smoking*alcohol consumption; smoking* attitude towards smoking; smoking*attitude towards alcohol consumption; alcohol consumption* attitude towards alcohol consumption
  3. bLogistic models adjusted by age and interaction terms; Interaction terms used for the models: smoking*alcohol consumption; smoking* attitude towards smoking; smoking*attitude towards alcohol consumption; alcohol consumption* attitude towards alcohol consumption
  4. cAt least one of the parents smoked
  5. dThe highest educational level at least one of the parents achieved
  6. (Primary or secondary level included CS, USS, VS; Higher level included vocational degree or university or polytechnics)