title: [Profile of tobacco use among the teachers of Sousse, Tunisia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the prevalence of tobacco use among the teachers in the region of Sousse (Tunisia) and to identify the factors, which determine this behavior.
  
  
  METHODS
  It is a transactional study; using a self-administered and pre-tested questionnaire to 800 teachers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The population being studied was made up of 739 teachers including 50.6% of professors. The sample was 35.4% male and the average age was of 45.3±8.1 years. The total prevalence of tobacco use was 17.8% (41.4% among men and 4.7% among women). Half of these teachers smoked in their school establishments and in the presence of their pupils. The multivariate analysis had made it possible to identify four factors, which determine the profile of tobacco use in our teachers; these factors were: the sex, the age, knowledge and attitudes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It's necessary to intervene with the teachers of the town of Sousse with specific trainings on the topic of the tobacco use and dispose their adapted tools which will be used in the educational programmes of tobacco use prevention in schools.
authors.affiliation: Service d'épidémiologie et statistiques médicales, CHU Farhat Hached, Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Harrabi
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Maatoug
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belkacem
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gaha
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lazreg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boussaadia
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ghannem
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012574:Schools; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology