[Tobacco use among teachers in a district of the Tunisian Sahel].
BACKGROUND
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.
Ben Abdelaziz
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Département de Santé Communautaire, Faculté de Médecine Ibn Jazzar de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisie. ahmed_epidemio@yahoo.fr
Amira
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Gaha
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Thabet
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Ghedira
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Gaha
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Ghannem
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D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology