Kwas Hamida, Majdoub Fehri Sabrine
Pneumology Department, Gabès University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, Gabès, Tunisia.
Tunis Med. 2024 Dec 5;102(12):1062-1066. doi: 10.62438/tunismed.v102i12.5109.
Information on the use of tobacco and other illicit substances by young people is an essential element for the implementation of appropriate preventive measures.
To estimate the prevalence of smoking, alcohol and drug use among high school students in the city of Gabes.
Cross-sectional survey carried out in 2022 in 5 schools in the city of Gabes, southern Tunisia, by a self-administered questionnaire.
We included a total of 507 students (47% male) with an average age of 15.6 years. The overall smoking prevalence was 22.1%. The respondents were daily smokers in 22.1% of cases with an average consumption of 10 cigarettes/day in 62.5% of cases. The age of onset of smoking was less than 10 years in 31.2% of cases. The prevalence of electronic cigarette use was 12%. The prevalence of chewing tobacco consumption (Neffa) was 9.1%. Seventy-four of the respondents (14.6%) used hookah. The prevalence of alcohol consumption was 5.9%. Twenty-four students (4.7%) used drugs: cannabis (87.5%) and psychotropic drugs without a medical prescription (12.5%).
The prevalence of smoking among high school students in the city of Gabes was high. This behavior was associated with the consumption of alcohol and psychoactive substances. These results should be used to set up primary prevention programs for young people in order to minimize the scourge of tobacco and psychoactive substance use in schools.
年轻人使用烟草和其他非法物质的信息是实施适当预防措施的关键要素。
评估加贝斯市高中生吸烟、饮酒和吸毒的流行情况。
2022年在突尼斯南部加贝斯市的5所学校进行横断面调查，采用自填式问卷。
共纳入507名学生（47%为男性），平均年龄15.6岁。总体吸烟率为22.1%。22.1%的受访者为每日吸烟者，62.5%的受访者平均每日吸烟量为10支。31.2%的受访者吸烟起始年龄小于10岁。电子烟使用率为12%。嚼烟（内法）使用率为9.1%。74名受访者（14.6%）使用水烟。饮酒率为5.9%。24名学生（4.7%）使用毒品：大麻（87.5%）和无医疗处方的精神药物（12.5%）。
加贝斯市高中生吸烟率较高。这种行为与饮酒和使用精神活性物质有关。这些结果应用于为年轻人制定初级预防计划，以尽量减少学校中烟草和精神活性物质使用的危害。
