Tobacco use is a preventable cause of disease and death
globally. Adolescents using tobacco tend to continue its
use in adulthood. Analysis of data from Moroccan
Global School-based Student Health Surveys for 2006
and 2010 showed statistically significant differences in
prevalence of current cigarette smoking as well as
current use of other tobacco products, among school
attending 13-15 year old boys and girls within the year
2006 and 2010; with boys having higher prevalence
than girls in each year. Combined prevalence of
cigarette smoking i.e. between both boys and girls
showed statistically significant difference between 2006
and 2010; with a higher prevalence in 2010. Use of
tobacco in multivariate analysis of 2010 data, was found
to have statistically significant associations with anxiety
disorders, gender, truancy, depression, suicidal
ideation, inadequate parental monitoring, and parental
smoking.