The objective of this work was to estimate the prevalence of cigarette smoking among teens, to analyze the attitudes and beliefs of such students regarding smoking and to study the impact of the socioeconomic standard on the development of such habit. The studied sample included students from a secondary school (n=1482) and a technical school (n=1694). An anonymous closed, self administered questionnaire was used for the collection of data. Data were expressed as mean+SD or number (percentage). The prevalence of smoking behavior among secondary school students (22.46%) was significantly less (P