Table 1.

Participants’ characteristics by snus use in the past 12 months.

	12-month Snus Use
	Total (N = 5367)		No Use (N = 4883; 91.0%)		Less than Weekly Use (N = 372; 6.9%)		Weekly or More Use (N = 112; 2.1%)		p
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Physical activity									0.001
Low	532	9.9	502	10.3	20	5.4	10	8.9
Moderate	1357	25.3	1255	25.7	83	22.3	19	17.0
High	3478	64.8	3126	64.0	269	72.3	83	74.1
Sports and exercise									<0.001
Less than once a week	1515	28.2	1426	29.2	75	20.2	14	12.5
Once a week or more	2226	41.5	2009	41.1	169	45.4	48	42.9
Almost every day	1626	30.3	1448	29.7	128	34.4	50	44.6
Age (Mean, SD)	20.00	1.24	20.02	1.25	19.75	1.19	19.68	0.87	<0.001
Language									<0.001
German	2381	44.4	2072	42.4	234	62.9	75	67.0
French	2986	55.6	2811	57.6	138	37.1	37	33.0
Family income									0.057
Below average	774	14.4	720	14.7	46	12.4	8	7.1
Average	2203	41.0	2010	41.2	150	40.3	43	38.4
Above average	2390	44.5	2153	44.1	176	47.3	61	54.5
Highest achieved education									0.068
Primary schooling	2621	48.8	2361	48.4	193	51.9	67	59.8
Vocational training	1556	29.0	1425	29.2	101	27.2	30	26.8
Post-secondary	1190	22.2	1097	22.5	78	21.0	15	13.4
Cigarette smoking									<0.001
Non-smoker	2834	52.8	2711	55.5	79	21.2	44	39.3
Occasional smoker	1437	26.8	1213	24.8	174	46.8	50	44.6
Daily smoker	1096	20.4	959	19.6	119	32.0	18	16.1
Cannabis use									<0.001
Non-user	3720	69.3	3458	70.8	189	50.8	73	65.2
Less than twice a week	1150	21.4	982	20.1	137	36.8	31	27.7
Twice a week or more	497	9.3	443	9.1	46	12.4	8	7.1

SD = Standard deviation.