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Teachers completed a socio-demographic questionnaire, tobacco consumption habits, and the SF-36 questionnaire to assess quality of life. Logistic regression models were employed for statistical analysis of quality of life (physical component summary; mental component summary), and tobacco consumption habits, adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 34.2% of teachers were smokers, with the majority (68.7%) being under 45\u2009years old. Smoking teachers demonstrated lower quality of life scores, particularly mental health and emotional problems dimensions, and mental component summary (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05) versus nonsmoking teachers. Teachers with tobacco consumption had a higher risk of low mental component summary (OR: 1.74; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), and those with low mental component summary were more likely to be smokers (OR: 1.77; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.002).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>These findings indicate that tobacco consumption adversely affects the quality of life of Chilean teachers, especially their mental health. 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