Table 3.

Adolescents’ snus use by their alcohol consumption and attitudes towards alcohol (N = 183,226)

	Alcohol consumption (%)					Attitudes towards alcohol use (%)
	Weekly	Monthly	Less than monthly	Not at all	p-value	Yes, I accept the use	Else	p-value
Comprehensive (n = 99,597)
Boys (all)	8	26	22	44		70	30
Current snus user	24	50	18	8	<0.001	76	24	<0.001
Never tried or once	5	22	23	50		69	31
Girls (all)	6	29	23	42		56	44
Current snus user	38	50	10	2	<0.001	73	27	<0.001
Never tried or once	5	29	23	43		56	44
Upper secondary (n = 46,644)
Boys (all)	14	43	18	25		80	20
Current snus user	31	60	7	2	<0.001	82	18	0.003
Never tried or once	10	39	21	30		80	20
Girls (all)	9	48	21	22		63	37
Current snus user	33	59	7	1	<0.001	72	28	<0.001
Never tried or once	8	47	22	23		62	38
Vocational school (n = 36,985)
Boys (all)	25	43	15	16		78	22
Current snus user	41	48	7	4	<0.001	82	18	<0.001
Never tried or once	20	42	18	20		77	23
Girls (all)	18	48	19	15		65	35
Current snus user	40	47	9	4	<0.001	76	24	<0.001
Never tried or once	17	49	19	15		64	36

Comparisons in each school type and by gender; Statistical evaluation was done by chi-square test