Introduction.—Health behaviors are major determinants of disease. Since they are modifiable, they are often the focus of prevention messages. One channel for health education is through schools and teachers. However, do teachers exhibit health behaviors that differ from those of other working adults? Can any differences be explained by the more favorable socioeconomic context of intellectual professions? Our objective is to test the hypothesis of a “teacher exception” regarding health behaviors. Methods.- The 2010 INPES Health Barometer is a national telephone survey of a probability sample of 27,653 individuals aged 15 to 85. The health behaviors studied included alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use, pathological gambling, and body weight. These behaviors were compared between teachers (n = 754) and other working adults (n = 13,807) using logistic models adjusted for age and sex, followed by socioeconomic factors (marital status, educational attainment, financial situation, and urban area category). Results.—In models adjusted for age and sex, teachers smoke less frequently, gamble less often, and are less likely to be overweight. These differences persist after adjusting for socioeconomic factors. Teachers used cannabis more frequently than other working adults, but this difference is no longer significant when socioeconomic context is taken into account. With regard to alcohol, at comparable ages and genders, teachers do not have a significantly different risk profile from other working adults. Discussion.—Teachers’ health behaviors are generally less risky than those observed in other professions. Teachers’ socioeconomic context partly explains the differences, but not entirely. It would be interesting to assess the extent to which teachers feel a sense of responsibility for health education among young people. Source: poster cited in the “Revue d’épidémiologie et de santé publique” in Supplement 4, Issue 61.