Use of oral moist snuff and inflammatory bowel disease

Int J Epidemiol. 1993 Dec;22(6):1101-3. doi: 10.1093/ije/22.6.1101.

Abstract

We examined the association between oral moist snuff use and inflammatory bowel disease in a case-control study based on the population in Stockholm County. The relative risk (RR) associated with ever use of moist snuff was 2.1 (95% CI: 1.0-4.6) for Crohn's disease, and 2.2 (95% CI: 1.1-4.4) for ulcerative colitis. Cigarette smoking indicated a synergistic relation with moist snuff: the RR estimate of Crohn's disease was 3.7 (95% CI: 1.1-13.1) and of ulcerative colitis 3.3 (95% CI: 1.0-10.9) for snuff dippers who were also current cigarette smokers, but only 0.9 and 1.1 respectively for snuff dippers who had never smoked.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / epidemiology
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / etiology*
  • Crohn Disease / epidemiology
  • Crohn Disease / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Plants, Toxic*
  • Risk Factors
  • Smoking / adverse effects
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Sweden / epidemiology
  • Tobacco, Smokeless / adverse effects*