Knowledge and attitude about antismoking legislation in Morocco according to smoking status

Despite tobacco control legislation enacted in Morocco in 1996, the Moroccan population appears to have little interest in or awareness of tobacco control measures. This household survey aimed to assess knowledge and attitudes about tobacco legislation among Moroccans, according to their smoking status. A cross-sectional study was conducted on a random sample of 9195 Moroccans. Only 33.3% knew about the antismoking legislation: 38.7% of smokers versus 323% of non-smokers. Among the 3050 people who knew about the law, 60.1% knew about the ban on smoking in public areas and 22.4% knew there was an obligatory health warning on tobacco packaging. The attitude questions showed that 27.2% agreed that the price of tobacco products should increase sharply and 45.0% that antismoking legislation should prohibit tobacco sales to children. These data demonstrate low levels of information among Moroccans concerning current tobacco control legislation

Burden of smoking in Moroccan rural areas

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and characteristics of current smoking among rural Moroccans. The population study included 3438 individuals aged 15 years and above from both sexes. The crude prevalence of current smoking [currently smoked and had smoked > 100 cigarettes in lifetime] was 16.9% in the adolescent and adult rural population: 31.0% among men and 1.1% among women. The majority of smokers [74.4% of men and 68.8% of women] began smoking before age 20 years. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that age, sex, marital status, occupation and region of residence were the strongest determinants of current smoking. These results showed a high prevalence of smoking among males in the rural population of Morocco

[Endobronchial non Hodkin's lymphoma associated to tuberculosis about one case]

The tuberculosis is an infectious disease among the most spread in the world. This pathology might occur at any stage of state of immunodepression. The association of the tuberculosis to endobronchial non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is exceptional. We report an observation of a 27 year old female patient presenting a chronic cough evolving during one year with occurrence of two episodes of haemoptysis. The bronchial endoscopy demonstrated whitish granulations and the anatomicopathological study showed an endobronchial non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The culture of the bronchial fibro-aspiration liquid showed mycobacterium tuberculosis Therefore diagnosis of the endobronchial non Hodgkin s lymphoma and of tuberculosis were retained In conclusion the association of the tuberculosis to the endobronchial non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has to be suggested however it is exceptional The common clinical symptomatology of both pathologies might hide the other and therefore delay the diagnosis of one of both pathologies The bronchoscopy is essential in the diagnosis of both pathologies who have completely different treatments