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Dental Tribune Nordic Edition No. 4, 2015

Dental Tribune Nordic Edition | 4/201502 By DTI OULU, Finland: Although the rela- tionship between the use of snus and lifestyle-related habits has not been widely investigated yet, somestudieshavesuggestedthat smokeless tobacco use could be a gateway to cigarette smoking. Aiming to shed light on the issue, researchers from the University of Oulu have now investigated the association between snus use and habits and attitudes regard- ing cigarette smoking and alco- hol consumption among Finnish adolescents. The study was conducted as part the country’s National School Health Promotion Study, a research programme that was established in 2000 in order to monitor the health and well- being of Finnish adolescents. Data about snus use, habits and attitudes concerning smoking and alcohol consumption, as well asage,sex,schooltypeandparents' educational and smoking back- ground, was collected via a ques- tionnaire.Altogether,183,226Finns between the ages of 13 and 19 par- ticipated in the survey. More than two-thirds of the adolescents held positive atti- tudes towards smoking and alco- hol, at 71 per cent and 67 per cent, respectively. Of the young Finns surveyed, 18 per cent had used snus in the past. Overall, snus use was more common among boys than girls. As for smoking, the study showed that 19 per cent of the participants smoked daily and 15 per cent were occasional smokers.Regardingalcohol,11per cent reported consumption of alcohol weekly and 57 per cent monthly or less frequently. The analyses showed that ado- lescents’ current snus use was strongly related to their smoking habits and attitudes towards smoking. Moreover, current snus users tended to be current smok- ersandreportedpositiveattitudes towards smoking. The latter find- ing proved to be consistent across allschooltypesandforbothsexes. Other factors that were signifi- cantly associated with adoles- cents' current snus use in the study were male sex, weekly con- sumption of alcohol and higher parental education, whereas parental smoking did not. Ac- cording to the researchers, the results suggest that snus use amongadolescentsmaysignalan accumulation of other lifestyle- related risk behaviours, such as current or past smoking and alco- hol consumption, as well as a pos- itive attitude towards smoking. Thus, co-existing health-related risk factors, as well as sex and ed- ucational background, should be taken into account in order to tar- get preventive messages more ef- fectively through health promo- tion activities, they concluded. The use of a diversity of non- conventional tobacco products has become commonplace and even increased in many coun- tries,suchasSweden,Norwayand Finland, in recent decades. In Fin- land, snus use among the youth is increasing despite an EU ban on the sale of snus since Finland joined the EU in 1995. As recently reported by Helsinki Times, per- sonal imports of snus have in- creasedby65percentsince2008. According to statistics released by the Finnish tobacco industry and the National Supervisory Au- thority for Welfare and Health, Finnish residents brought a total of 600 million cigarettes and 10 million tins of snus into the country over the past 12 months. Although smokeless tobacco such as snus has been found to be less harmful then cigarettes, it cancausemouthsoresanddental cavities and generally raises the risk of several diseases, including oralcancer,pancreaticcancerand oesophageal cancer. The study, titled “Use of snus, its association with smoking and alcohol consumption, and related attitudes among adolescents: The Finnish National School Health Promotion Study”, was published on 24 October in the Tobacco Induced Diseases journal. 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Dental Tribune makes every effort to report clinical information and manufac- turer’sproductnewsaccurately,butcannotassume responsibility for the validity of product claims, or for typographical errors. The publishers also do not assume responsibility for product names or claims,orstatementsmadebyadvertisers.Opinions expressed by authors are their own and may not reflect those of DentalTribune International. Scan this code to subscribe ourweeklyDentalTribuneNordic e-newsletter. Association between snus use, smokingandalcoholinvestigated The largest dental event in Latin America! Organizer: Support: International Media: São Paulo Dental Association Exhibit Inquiry: SUVISON, a sole world agent, sp2016@suvison.com Information and Registration: secretaria.decofe@apcdcentral.com.br CIOSP.com.br AD Some studies have suggested that smokeless tobacco use could be a gateway to cigarette smoking. 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