Table 3.
Distribution of tobacco consumption by gender, school system and district (N = 1097).
| Districts | Gender | School type | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (%) (95% CI) | Girls (%) (95% CI) | Public (%) (95% CI) | Private (%) (95% CI) | |
| Cigarettesa | ||||
| Beirut | 8.2 (2.8–13.6) | 2.4 (0.0–5.1) | 6.3 (1.8–10.8) | 3.5 (0.1–6.9) |
| Mount-Lebanon | 15.6 (8.3–22.9) | 2.9 (0.1–5.7) | 10.2 (5.3–15.1) | 4.7 (0.2–9.2) |
| North Lebanon | 4.0 (0.2–7.8) | 0 | 1.8 (0.0–3.8) | 2.1 (0.0–6.2) |
| South Lebanon | 3.6 (0.2–7.0) | 0 | 2.9 (0.1–5.7) | 0 |
| Bekaa | 5.6 (0.9–10.3) | 0 | 3.3 (0.5–6.1) | 0 |
| Prevalence | ||||
| (Gross) | 7.4 | 1.1 | 4.9 | 2.1 |
| (Weighted) | 9.6 (7.0–12.2) | 1.6 (0.6–2.7) | 6.4 (4.6–8.2) | 2.9 (1.2–4.6) |
| Narguileha | ||||
| Beirut | 16.3 (9.0–23.6) | 14.3 (8.2–20.4) | 17.1 (10.1–24.1) | 13.2 (7.0–19.4) |
| Mount-Lebanon | 20.8 (12.7–28.9) | 13.2 (7.5–18.9) | 23.8 (16.9–30.7) | 3.5 (0.0–7.4) |
| North Lebanon | 14.0 (7.2–20.8) | 10.6 (5.0–16.2) | 13.8 (8.6–19.0) | 6.2 (0.0–13.0) |
| South Lebanon | 28.6 (20.3–36.9) | 19.2 (11.4–27.0) | 26.1 (18.8–33.4) | 20.3 (11.1–29.5) |
| Bekaa | 21.1 (12.8–29.4) | 11.8 (6.0–17.6) | 20.9 (14.5–27.3) | 1.7 (0.0–5.0) |
| Prevalence | ||||
| (Gross) | 20.2 | 13.8 | 20.3 | 9.0 |
| (Weighted) | 20.1 (16.6–23.6) | 13.8 (11.0–16.6) | 21.0 (18.0–24.0) | 8.2 (5.4–10.9) |
a
Prevalence based on those who had smoked at least 10 times during their lifetime.