It is now well established that children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) results in substantial public health and economic impacts. Children are more likely than adults to suffer health effects from ETS exposure, and the home is the most important site of such exposure. Although the responsibility and authority of the community and health professionals to protect children from h...

Methods Schools at various centres were randomly selected. Children of eligible age group were included in the study after confirming with the school records. Two groups of children aged between 6-7 year and 13-14 year were selected and questionnaires were given. Parents of the younger age group children answered the questionnaire. The 13-14 year aged children answered the questions themselves ...

A case-control study of nasal cancer in pet dogs was conducted to test the hypothesis that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke increases risk. Cases (n = 103) were selected from a teaching hospital during 1986-1990. Controls (n = 378) with other forms of cancer were selected from the same study base. Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke was evaluated by determining the number of smokers ...

OBJECTIVES We sought to quantitatively evaluate the association between work-place environmental tobacco smoke exposure and lung cancer. METHODS We performed a meta-analysis in 2003 of data from 22 studies from multiple locations worldwide of workplace environmental tobacco smoke exposure and lung cancer risk. Estimates of relative risk from these studies were analyzed by fitting the data to ...

objective: infertility is an important social concern. environmental factors such as smoking and tobacco consumption can affect sperm and follicular function and infertility. smoke cessation reduces its complications and makes infertility treatment more effective which motivates and encourages infertile smokers to consider quitting. the aim of current study was to assess brief smoking cessation...

The Focus article "Double Exposure" [EHP 107:A196-A201 (1999)] mistakenly reported that a meta-analysis of epidemiology studies examining the relationship between exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and human cancer was prepared for the review of ETS in consideration for listing in the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Report on Carcinogens. We would like to point out that the results...

This study assessed the pattern of exposure to tobacco smoke pollution (TSP; also known as, secondhand smoke) in Bangladeshi households with children and examined the variations in household smoking restrictions and perception of risk for children's exposure to TSP by socioeconomic status. We interviewed 1,947 respondents from Bangladeshi households with children from the first wave (2009) of t...

This subanalysis of the Canadian Human Activity Pattern Survey examines environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure in non-smoking respondents relative to age, sex, socioeconomic status and prevalence of asthma. 2,381 respondents (response rate 64.5%) from Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton and Saint John completed a 24-hour recall time-activity diary. For each activity and location, respondents were ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the levels of small breathable suspended particles (PM(2.5)) as atmospheric markers of environmental tobacco smoke in catering establishments in Zaragoza, Spain. MATERIAL AND METHOD An observational study was conducted between October 2006 and April 2008 in various catering establishments in Zaragoza. A SidePack Aerosol Monitor (AM510 model) was used to sample and record...

OBJECTIVE To assess the extent to which smokers and non-smokers in Victoria, Australia attempt to keep their homes smoke free and to determine whether the proportion of people attempting to do so has changed over time. DESIGN Face to face surveys conducted in Victoria each year from 1989 to 1997. PARTICIPANTS Approximately 2500 randomly selected adults each year. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Pro...