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[Tobacco use among teachers in a district of the Tunisian Sahel]
A Ben Abdelaziz1, Z Amira, K Gaha
1Département de Santé Communautaire, Faculté de Médecine Ibn Jazzar de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisie. ahmed_epidemio@yahoo.fr
Introduction:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the scale of tobacco use among teachers in the district of Kalaa Kebira (a semi-urban region in the Tunisian Sahel).
Methods:
The study design was descriptive and cross sectional, employing a self administered questionnaire given to 402 teachers.
Results:
The response rate was 89%. The average age of respondents was 35.7 7.9 years. The global prevalence of smoking among teachers was 29.3% (men: 51.6%; women: 3.6%). 79% of smokers were addicted to nicotine according to the Fagerstrôm test. Half of the teachers were poorly informed about the hazards of smoking and 77.9% of smoking teachers didn't refrain from smoking in front of their pupils.
Conclusions:
The teachers' lack of knowledge limits their effectiveness both as a role model and information relay in the war against tobacco.
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