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Prevalence of current tobacco consumption in Algeria : results of a household survey

Mohamed Lamine Atif, MD University of Blida, Algeria

EP-748

Track 4 : Systems in cancer control

Prevalence of current tobacco consumption in Algeria : results of a household survey

Mohamed Lamine Atif, MD

EP748 Systems in cancer control

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Background The consumption of tobacco is a public health problem around the world. However, very limited number of studies addressed the tobacco consumption prevalence among adults in Algeria. Objective To measure the prevalence of current tobacco consumption in a representative sample of Algerian adults. Methods A household survey was carried out in 2004 We applied a standard multi-stage, cross-sectional study design Households were randomly selected in 24 provinces using a cluster sampling method An anonymous questionnaire was used by trained investigators to identify people using tobacco Prevalence of tobacco consumption was defined as the percentage of individuals who are current smokers or current tobacco chewers : persons who have smoked cigarettes or chewing on one or more days during the 30-day period before the survey was administered

EP748 Systems in cancer control

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Prevalence of current tobacco consumption in Algeria : results of a household survey

Mohamed Lamine Atif, MD

Results A total of 1478 residents 18 years or older were examined : 572 males and 906 females

Table 2 Prevalence of current smoking and current chewing tobacco by age Age, Smoking Chewing Smoking or chewing years % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI 18-24 10.8 7.7-14.0 5.4 2.3-8.5 14.1 9.8-18.3 25-39 11.5 6.5-16.5 4.4 1.9-6.8 14.0 8.2-19.9 40-59 11.1 8.6-13.6 9.1 5.8-12.4 17.4 13.6-21.2 ≥ 60 5.5 2.4-8.7 9.8 5.6-13.9 14.0 9.3-18.7 Table 1 Prevalence of current smoking and current chewing tobacco by sex Smoking Chewing Smoking or chewing Sex % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI Men 25.3 22.0-28.7 17.0 12.5-21.5 36.9 31.8-42.0 Women 0.3 0-0.7 1.0 0.1-2.0 1.3 0,2-2.4 Total 10.0 7.9-12.1 7.2 5.5-8.8 15.1 12.4-17.8

CI, confidence intervals CI, confidence intervals

Prevalence of current tobacco Prevalence of current tobacco consumption in Algeria : consumption in Algeria :

Mohamed Lamine Atif, MD

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Prevalence of current smoking and current chewing tobacco in men Age, Smoking Chewing Smoking or chewing years % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI 18-24 30.5 21.2-39.9 13.7 4.7-22.6 37.9 27.1-48.7 25-39 31.3 22.8-39.7 11.9 6.3-17.4 38.1 28.5-47.7 40-59 25.9 21.9-29.9 21.7 14.3-29.1 40.7 33.0-48.4 ≥ 60 13.3 6.8-19.7 18.8 11.2-26.3 28.9 20.9-36.9

explained this difference. The high prevalence of consumption in this sample of decreased after 60 years old. Cultural factors may be explained this difference. The high prevalence of consumption in this sample of Algerian adult population suggested interventions that aim primarily at prevention components, smoke-free spaces and advertising control.

CI, confidence intervals