Le tabagisme dans les lycées de la commune VI du district de Bamako

Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death. It kills nearly 6 million people and causing hundreds of billions of dollars in economic losses each year in the world. Our study aimed to determine the prevalence of smoking and to identify the factors that influence it in high schools of the municipality VI of Bamako district. This was a cross-sectional survey conducted from May to June 2012 and involved four schools chosen on 14 randomly. Were included in the study, any pupil of the two sexes, old from 14 to 23 years agreeing to answer the questions, on the whole 231 pupils. It is clear from the study that most smokers were in the 17-20 age bracket is 56.7%; 39.8% had smoked in the past and 15.2% were regular smokers of whom 91.4% were male and 8.6% female. We found that 51.4% of smokers as incentive motive pleasure; 71.4% had tried to quit smoking without end; 81.8% knew that smoking was harmful to health. We recommend to ban advertising and intensify communication on the dangers of tobacco.