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Comparative Study
. 1998 May;88(5):797-800.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.88.5.797.

Smoking in the home: changing attitudes and current practices

M J Ashley  1 , J Cohen, R Ferrence, S Bull, S Bondy, B Poland, L Pederson
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Comparative Study

Smoking in the home: changing attitudes and current practices

M J Ashley et al. Am J Public Health. 1998 May.

Abstract

Objectives: Trends in attitudes and current practices concerning smoking in the home were examined.

Methods: Data from population-based surveys of adults in Ontario, Canada, were analyzed.

Results: Between 1992 and 1996, the percentage of respondents who agreed that parents spending time at home with small children should not smoke increased from 51% to 70%. In 1996, 34% of the homes surveyed were smoke-free. Smoke-free homes were associated with nonsmoking respondents and with the presence of children and no daily smokers in the home. Only 20% of homes with children and any daily smokers were smoke-free.

Conclusions: Efforts are needed to assist parents in reducing children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in the home.

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