Table 2.

Participants’ characteristics by snuff use in the last 12 months (N = 5367).

	No Use (N = 4118; 76.7%)		Less Than Weekly Use (N = 1063; 19.8%)		Weekly or More Use (N = 186; 3.5%)		p
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Physical activity							<0.001
Low	421	10.2	98	9.2	13	7.0
Moderate	1081	26.3	248	23.3	28	15.1
High	2616	63.5	717	67.5	145	78.0
Sports and exercise							0.007
Less than once a week	1196	29.0	267	25.1	52	28.0
Once a week or more	1653	40.1	492	46.3	81	43.5
Almost every day	1269	30.8	304	28.6	53	28.5
Age (Mean, SD)	20.08	1.29	19.74	1.02	19.64	1.05	<0.001
Language							<0.001
German	1678	40.7	579	54.5	124	66.7
French	2440	59.3	484	45.5	62	33.3
Family income							0.092
Below average	607	14.7	140	13.2	27	14.5
Average	1705	41.4	413	38.9	85	45.7
Above average	1806	43.9	510	48.0	74	39.8
Highest achieved education							<0.001
Primary schooling	1943	47.2	562	52.9	116	62.4
Vocational training	1194	29.0	305	28.7	57	30.6
Post-secondary	981	23.8	196	18.4	13	7.0
Cigarette smoking							<0.001
Non-smoker	2453	59.6	314	29.5	67	36.0
Occasional smoker	880	21.4	477	44.9	80	43.0
Daily smoker	785	19.1	272	25.6	39	21.0
Cannabis use							<0.001
Non-user	3004	72.9	598	56.3	118	63.4
Less than twice a week	726	17.6	365	34.3	59	31.7
Twice a week or more	388	9.4	100	9.4	9	4.8

SD = Standard deviation.