Table 2

Rates of snus awareness and receptivity as a function of smoking status and gender

 AllMaleFemale
Per centCIPer centCIPer centCI
Aware of snus
 Total27.0(19.7 to 35.9%)34.8(23.2 to 48.6%)19.4(10.7 to 32.5%)
 Smoker59.9(50.7 to 68.4%)62.3(50.9 to 72.4%)56.0(41.0 to 70.0%)
 Former smoker41.5(23.4 to 62.2%)55.3(31.2 to 77.1%)18.0(7.2 to 38.3%)
 Never smoker18.0(10.3 to 29.6%)23.7(11.9 to 41.8%)13.2(4.7 to 31.7%)
Tried snus
 Total6.1(4.4 to 8.5%)10.9(7.5 to 15.6%)1.5(0.8 to 2.7%)
 Smoker21.2(16.3 to 27.1%)29.9(22.7 to 38.1%)8.5(4.4 to 15.7%)
 Former smoker6.2(4.0 to 9.5%)9.8(6.0 to 15.5%)1.7(0.5 to 5.2%)
 Never smoker2.4(0.9 to 6.3%)5.0(1.8 to 13.4%)0.2(0.0 to 1.1%)
Ever used snus*
 Total2.4(1.2 to 4.9%)4.6(2.2 to 9.6%)0.3(0.1 to 0.7%)
 Smoker5.7(3.1 to 10.3%)9.0(4.7 to 16.4%)0.9(0.2 to 3.4%)
 Former smoker2.7(1.4 to 5.1%)3.8(1.8 to 7.7%)1.4(0.4 to 5.3%)
 Never smoker1.6(0.4 to 6.7%)3.4(0.8 to 14.0%)–†
Currently use snus‡
 Total0.5(0.2 to 1.2%)1.0(0.4 to 2.4%)0.1(0.0 to 0.6%)
 Smoker2.5(0.9 to 6.5%)4.2(1.6 to 10.7%)0.0(0.0 to 0.0%)
 Former smoker0.7(0.2 to 2.6%)0.6(0.1 to 4.3%)0.7(0.1 to 4.7%)
 Never smoker0.0(0.0 to 0.1%)0.1(0.0 to 0.2%)–†
  • *Used at least 20 pouches.

  • †Estimates could not be made as no cases were found.

  • ‡Used at least 20 pouches and used in the past 30 days.