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. 2018 Jul 30;15(8):1609. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15081609

Table 2.

Prevalence and indicators of dependence. Values in parentheses 95% confidence intervals unless otherwise stated.

Cigarettes Snus NR Coffee
n 203 298 44 2139
Prevalence daily use (%) 6.8 (5.9–7.7) 9.9 (8.9–11.0) 1.5 (1.1–1.9) 71.3 (69.6–72.9)
Heaviness of Smoking Index Score (mean, SD) 2.17 (1.29) 2.31 (1.33) - -
First use within 30 min (%) 64.5 (57.8–70.9) 67.8 (62.3–72.9) 56.8 (42.1–70.6) 42.9 (40.8–45.0)
First use the most important of all (%) 64.5 (57.8–70.9) 55.0 (49.4–60.6) 45.5 (31.4–60.1) 67.2 (65.2–69.2)
Would be very hard to give up (%) 35.5 (29.1–42.2) 33.6 (28.4–39.1) 20.5 (10.6–34.0) 18.2 (16.6–19.9)
Absolute numbers finding it very hard to give up 72 100 9 389

SD: standard deviation, NR: nicotine replacement.