| |
Historical tobacco habits
|
Death rate in situation
| |
|---|
|
Group
|
Smoking
|
Snus use
|
A
|
B
|
Difference
|
|---|
|
1
|
Never
|
Never
|
N
|
N
|
None
|
|
2
|
Never
|
Former
|
N
|
F
|
Higher in B
|
|
3
|
Never
|
Current
|
N
|
C
|
Higher in B
|
|
4
|
Former
|
Never
|
F
|
F
|
None
|
|
5
|
Former
|
Former
|
F
|
F
|
None
|
|
6
|
Former
|
Current
|
F
|
C
|
Higher in B
|
|
7
|
Current
|
Never
|
C
|
C
|
None
|
|
8
|
Current
|
Former
|
C
|
C
|
None
|
|
9
|
Current
|
Current
|
C
|
C
|
None
|
- For the nine tobacco use groups, Table 2 shows the death rates that would apply in situation A, which concerns the historical number of deaths in males from a specified disease that did occur in Sweden in a defined year, and in situation B, which concerns the hypothetical number that would have occurred in that year if snus users had smoked cigarettes instead. N is the death rate in never smokers, F is that in former smokers and C is that in current smokers
