Pediatric Secondhand Smoke Exposure: Systematic Multilevel Strategies to Improve Health

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

Secondhand smoke exposure and mental health problems in Korean adults

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the association between secondhand smoke exposure (SHSE) and mental health problems among Korean adults. METHODS We analyzed data from the 2011 Korean Community Health Survey. From the total of 229,226 participants aged 19 years or above, we excluded 48,679 current smokers, 36,612 former smokers, 3,036 participants with a history of stroke, 2,264 participants with a his...

Directly measured secondhand smoke exposure and COPD health outcomes

BACKGROUND Although personal cigarette smoking is the most important cause and modulator of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure could influence the course of the disease. Despite the importance of this question, the impact of SHS exposure on COPD health outcomes remains unknown. METHODS We used data from two waves of a population-based multiwave U.S. ...

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...

Environmental monitoring of secondhand smoke exposure

The complex composition of secondhand smoke (SHS) provides a range of constituents that can be measured in environmental samples (air, dust and on surfaces) and therefore used to assess non-smokers' exposure to tobacco smoke. Monitoring SHS exposure (SHSe) in indoor environments provides useful information on the extent and consequences of SHSe, implementing and evaluating tobacco control progr...