Less Norwegians smoke, more use snus

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The trend where less Norwegians smoke daily, and more are daily users of snus continued in 2019. It is the younger part of the population who use snus, while the older part smoke.

Written by: Joachim Wettergreen

2019 saw the continued longstanding tendency that there are less daily smokers in Norway, while there is a higher share of the Norwegian population who use snus daily.

There were 9 per cent of Norwegians aged 16-74 who smoked daily, while 14 per cent used snus according to statistics on tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.

Figure 1. Share of the population aged 16-74 who use snus and cigarettes daily, by tobacco product and year

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Daily smokers 19 17 16 15 13 13 12 11 12 9
Daily users of snus 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 12 12 14

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