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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 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 Systems in cancer Disclosure of Interest: EP748 None control

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 Prevalence of current smoking and current Table 1 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 Prevalence of current smoking and current Table 2 chewing tobacco by age Smoking Chewing Smoking or Age, 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 CI, confidence intervals Systems in cancer Disclosure of Interest: EP748 None control

Prevalence of current tobacco consumption in Algeria : Prevalence of current tobacco consumption in Algeria : Mohamed Lamine Atif, MD Prevalence of current smoking and current chewing tobacco in men Smoking Chewing Smoking or Age, 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 CI, confidence intervals 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. Systems in cancer Disclosure of Interest: Disclosure of Interest: Systems in cancer