Cheng?Ping Wang|Stevens Victor J.|Xiaofeng Xu|Wang Jf|Cui-Zhu Mei|Gong Yang
The prevalence of household second-hand smoke exposure and its correlated factors in six counties of China
Weifang Medical University|Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention
study prevalence discuss factors contributing household secondhand smoke exposure six counties china providing scientific support need establish tobacco control measures areasa crosssectional survey performed investigators conducted facetoface interviews using standardised questionnaire collect information demographics passive smoking behaviours knowledge attitudes towards tobacco control setting six counties three provinces mianzhu xichong counties sichuan province anyi hukou counties jiangxi province xinan yanshi counties henan province total 8142 nonsmokers aged 1869 2004 included data analysis household secondhand smoke exposure rate defined proportion household passive smokers nonsmoker population used measure household secondhand smoke exposurethe analysis 8142 nonsmokers revealed selected counties household secondhand smoke exposure rate 483 respondents positive attitudes towards tobacco control 6972 respondents 844 supported three tobacco control policies banning smoking public places banning selling cigarettes minors banning cigarette advertisements 3165 families smokers 872 respondents reported smokers would smoke front 2124 families smokers children 765 respondents reported smokers would smoke front children many 421 nonsmokers would offer cigarettes guests 468 respondents would ask smokers smoke outdoors 63 families completely forbade smoking home multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed high secondhand smoke exposure following demographic groups jiangxi province inhabitants females low education level farmers married respondentshousehold secondhand smoke exposure rates selected counties high high percentage respondents reported smokers would smoke front children pressure nonsmokers smoking relatively low although offering cigarette prevalent households completely smokingfree rare studies correlated factors could help us establish effective measures reduce household secondhand smoke exposure