Table 1 Prevalence (%) of tobacco smoking, daily snus use, demographic and socioeconomic variables (public health survey, Skåne 2004).

	Men (n = 12 626)	Women (n = 15 131)	Total (n = 27 757)
Tobacco smoking
Daily smoker	14.9	18.1	16.6
Intermittent smoker	4.5	4.7	4.6
Stopped smoking	28.7	21.7	24.9
Never smoked	51.9	55.5	53.9
(Missing)	(282)	(506)	(788)
Daily snus use
Yes	19.5	2.3	10.2
No	80.5	97.7	89.8
(Missing)	(568)	(735)	(1303)
Age
18–34	22.9	25.5	24.3
35–44	17.5	18.2	17.9
45–54	18.2	17.6	17.9
55–64	20.6	19.2	19.9
65–80	20.9	19.5	20.1
(Missing)	(0)	(0)	(0)
Country of origin
Sweden	88.5	88.0	88.2
Other countries	11.5	12.0
(Missing)	(570)	(477)	(1047)
Education
13– years	32.4	39.0	36.0
10–12 years	23.9	23.6	23.7
up to 9 years	43.7	37.4	40.3
(Missing)	(1095)	(1592)	(2687)
Economic stress
Never	75.9	72.5	74.0
Occasionally	16.9	18.4	17.8
Approximately every second month	3.4	4.4	3.9
Every month	3.8	4.7	4.3
(Missing)	(168)	(219)	(387)

Total number = 27 757.