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Physical Activity and Snus: Is There a Link?

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  • Stéphane Henninger

    (Department for Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 44, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Roland Fischer

    (Department for Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 44, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Jacques Cornuz

    (Department for Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 44, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Joseph Studer

    (Alcohol Treatment Centre, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Gerhard Gmel

    (Alcohol Treatment Centre, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Addiction Suisse, Av. Louis-Ruchonnet 14, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland)

Abstract

The study aimed at assessing the link between physical activity (PA), sports activity and snus use among young men in Switzerland. Data from the Cohort Study on Substance Use Risk Factors (C-SURF) were used to measure PA with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire and sports activity with a single item. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to measure the association between snus use, PA and sports activity. Similar models were run for smoking and snuff use. Snus use increased in a dose-response association with PA (high level: OR = 1.72; 95% CI 1.16–2.55) and with individuals exercising once a week or more often (OR = 1.65; 95% CI 1.26–2.16; p < 0.001) or almost every day (OR = 2.27; 95% CI 1.72–3.01; p < 0.001) in separate models. Entered simultaneously, only sports and exercise maintained a basically unchanged significant dose-response relationship, whereas PA became non-significant. A non-significant dose-response relation was found for cigarette smoking and snuff use, indicating that the association with sport is specific to snus and not to tobacco use in general or smokeless tobacco in particular. This study showed that the association between snus use and sports is not specific to Nordic countries.

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  • Stéphane Henninger & Roland Fischer & Jacques Cornuz & Joseph Studer & Gerhard Gmel, 2015. "Physical Activity and Snus: Is There a Link?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-14, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:12:y:2015:i:7:p:7185-7198:d:51652
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    1. Connolly, G.N. & Orleans, C.T. & Blum, A., 1992. "Snuffing tobacco out of sport," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 82(3), pages 351-353.
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