Measuring Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Children: An Ecological Measurement Approach

Measuring secondhand smoke exposure in children: an ecological measurement approach.

OBJECTIVE Behavioral, environmental, and biological measures of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure are reviewed with special consideration of medically at-risk children. METHODS An ecological measurement framework is introduced to examine SHS exposure of children in the context of their physical and social environments. RESULTS The proposed approach emphasizes the need to measure (a) who uses ...

Secondhand smoke exposure in Alaskan households with children.

INTRODUCTION Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure causes premature death and disease in children and non-smoking adults; the home is the primary source of SHS exposure. The aim of this study was to assess variance in the prevalence of children's SHS exposure in Alaskan households with an adult smoker according to rurality, race/ethnicity, income and education, household age composition, marital stat...

Secondhand smoke exposure and mental health among children and adolescents.

OBJECTIVE To examine a potential association between biologically confirmed secondhand smoke exposure and symptoms of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition) (DSM-IV) major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and conduct disorder using a nationally representative sample of US children and ado...

Children and Secondhand Smoke Exposure Excerpts from The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke

Secondhand smoke exposure in the workplace.

BACKGROUND Currently, there is little understanding of the relationship between the strength of workplace smoking policies and the likelihood and duration, not just the likelihood, of exposure to secondhand smoke at work. METHODS This study assessed self-reported exposure to secondhand smoke at work in hours per week among a cross-sectional sample of 3650 Massachusetts adults who were employe...