Farideh Shiva1, Fatemeh Ghotbi. 1. The Department of Pediatrics, Shahid Beheshti University Medical Campus, Tehran, Iran. shivahfa@yahoo.com
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To define the trend in young children's exposure to parental secondhand smoke. METHODS: Secondary analysis of data was done on families of infants between the ages of 6 and 24 months that had been enrolled for 2 cross-sectional studies in 2001 and 2008. RESULTS: Data from 648 families were analyzed. Overall, 29.8% of children had been exposed to parental secondhand smoke; 32% in 2001 and 27.4% in 2008, (P value >.05). In all cases, the source of exposure was the father; in 2008, 4 families reported both parents as being habitual smokers. Ratio of indoor to outdoor smokers was 2.92 in 2001 and 0.93 in 2008. CONCLUSION: The decline in the percentage of infants exposed to parental smoking is nonsignificant; parental indoor smoking has decreased significantly but remains at unacceptably high levels. Authorities responsible for the health of young children need to revise interventional policies.
OBJECTIVE: To define the trend in young children's exposure to parental secondhand smoke. METHODS: Secondary analysis of data was done on families of infants between the ages of 6 and 24 months that had been enrolled for 2 cross-sectional studies in 2001 and 2008. RESULTS: Data from 648 families were analyzed. Overall, 29.8% of children had been exposed to parental secondhand smoke; 32% in 2001 and 27.4% in 2008, (P value >.05). In all cases, the source of exposure was the father; in 2008, 4 families reported both parents as being habitual smokers. Ratio of indoor to outdoor smokers was 2.92 in 2001 and 0.93 in 2008. CONCLUSION: The decline in the percentage of infants exposed to parental smoking is nonsignificant; parental indoor smoking has decreased significantly but remains at unacceptably high levels. Authorities responsible for the health of young children need to revise interventional policies.
Authors: Mostafa Qorbani; Ramin Heshmat; Mohammad Reza Hashemi-Aghdam; Gita Shafiee; Mehdi Ebrahimi; Hanieh-Sadat Ejtahed; Mehdi Yaseri; Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh; Roya Kelishadi Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2022-03-29 Impact factor: 3.295