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This study aimed to identify characteristics associated with tobacco use in adolescents in a real setting.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Epidemiologic, cross-sectional study including secondary school students aged 12\u201317 years in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades of \u201cJoan Fuster High School\u201d in the city of Sueca, Valencia (Spain). An anonymous, self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data on demographics, cigarette smoking history, alcohol consumption, nicotine dependence, and exposure to parental cigarette smoking.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The final sample of individuals surveyed included 306 students (50.6% females) with a median age of 13 years. The prevalence of cigarette smoking was 11.8% (13.5% in females and 9.9% in males). The mean age of cigarette smoking onset was 12.7 \u00b1 1.6 years. Ninety-three students (30.4%) were repeaters, and 114 (37.3%) reported alcohol consumption. Significant factors associated with tobacco use were being a repeater (odds ratio [OR] 4.19, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.75\u201310.55, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.002), alcohol consumption (OR 4.06, 95% CI 1.75\u201310.15, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.002) and parental cigarette smoking (OR 3.76, 95% CI 1.52\u201310.74, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.007).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>An operational profile of features associated with tobacco consumption was identified in the presence of parental cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and poor academic performance. 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