title: [Survey of smoking in the rural area of Thiadiaye, Senegal].
abstract: The objective of this article is to study the place of tobacco addiction in a rural area in Senegal. We have performed a transversal and domicillary study on a sample of adults and adolescents of the district of Thiadiaye (Senegal). The mean age of the studied population is 39 +/- 8.5 years (extremes: 12 and 100 years). The sex ratio is 0.85%. The prevalence of tobacco addict was 24.07%, 9% of the teenagers and 32% of the adults were smokers. Tobacco use was more frequent among men (89% 5%) than women (10.5%) (p < 10(-7)). The most common form was traditional tobacco: 62.1%. Cigarette was smoked in 14.4% of cases. The mean duration of tobacco use was 13 +/- -12.2 years. The mean consumption per day of traditional tobacco was 5.1 +/- 4, whereas the mean number of cigarettes per day is 12.3 +/- -7. Our study shows that tobacco occupies an important place in rural area in Senegal where coexist with traditional habits, a modern tobacco use represented by cigarette smoking.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie du CHU de Dakar.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ly
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Diouf
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Diop
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diao
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Diop
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Dia
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Diop
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarr
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ba
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Diouf
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*
vernacular_title: Enquête sur le tabagisme en milieu rural a Thiadiaye (Sénégal).