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Predictors of Childhood Exposure to Parental Secondhand Smoke in the House and Family Car

Childhood exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is a serious threat to public health and can be influenced by parental lifestyle habits and beliefs. Taking the above into account we aimed at locating predictors of parental induced exposure to SHS in the house and family car among 614 children who visit...

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Autores principales: Mantziou, Vassiliki, Vardavas, Constantine I., Kletsiou, Eleni, Priftis, Kostas N.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19440392
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6020433
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author Mantziou, Vassiliki
Vardavas, Constantine I.
Kletsiou, Eleni
Priftis, Kostas N.
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description Childhood exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is a serious threat to public health and can be influenced by parental lifestyle habits and beliefs. Taking the above into account we aimed at locating predictors of parental induced exposure to SHS in the house and family car among 614 children who visited the emergency department of two large pediatric hospitals in Athens, Greece. The multivariate analysis revealed that the factors found to mediate household exposure to paternal SHS were the number of cigarettes smoked per day (O.R 1.13, p<0.001) while, having a non-smoking spouse had a protective effect (O.R 0.44, p=0.026). Maternally induced household SHS exposure was related to cigarette consumption. For both parents, child exposure to SHS in the family car was related to higher numbers of cigarettes smoked (p<0.001), and for fathers was also more often found in larger families. Additionally, lower educated fathers were more likely to have a spouse that exposes their children to SHS inside the family car (O.R 1.38 95%C.I: 1.04–1.84, p=0.026). Conclusively, efforts must be made to educate parents on the effects of home and household car exposure to SHS, where smoke free legislation may be difficult to apply.
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spelling pubmed-26723562009-05-13 Predictors of Childhood Exposure to Parental Secondhand Smoke in the House and Family Car Mantziou, Vassiliki Vardavas, Constantine I. Kletsiou, Eleni Priftis, Kostas N. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Childhood exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is a serious threat to public health and can be influenced by parental lifestyle habits and beliefs. Taking the above into account we aimed at locating predictors of parental induced exposure to SHS in the house and family car among 614 children who visited the emergency department of two large pediatric hospitals in Athens, Greece. The multivariate analysis revealed that the factors found to mediate household exposure to paternal SHS were the number of cigarettes smoked per day (O.R 1.13, p<0.001) while, having a non-smoking spouse had a protective effect (O.R 0.44, p=0.026). Maternally induced household SHS exposure was related to cigarette consumption. For both parents, child exposure to SHS in the family car was related to higher numbers of cigarettes smoked (p<0.001), and for fathers was also more often found in larger families. Additionally, lower educated fathers were more likely to have a spouse that exposes their children to SHS inside the family car (O.R 1.38 95%C.I: 1.04–1.84, p=0.026). Conclusively, efforts must be made to educate parents on the effects of home and household car exposure to SHS, where smoke free legislation may be difficult to apply. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009-02 2009-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2672356/ /pubmed/19440392 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6020433 Text en © 2009 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland.
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title_full Predictors of Childhood Exposure to Parental Secondhand Smoke in the House and Family Car
title_fullStr Predictors of Childhood Exposure to Parental Secondhand Smoke in the House and Family Car
title_full_unstemmed Predictors of Childhood Exposure to Parental Secondhand Smoke in the House and Family Car
title_short Predictors of Childhood Exposure to Parental Secondhand Smoke in the House and Family Car
title_sort predictors of childhood exposure to parental secondhand smoke in the house and family car
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19440392
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6020433
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