QuickStats: Trends in Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Nonsmoking Adults, by Race and Hispanic Origin — National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (U.S.), United States, 2009–2018

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• Alternative Title:
  Trends in Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Nonsmoking Adults, by Race and Hispanic Origin — National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (U.S.), United States, 2009–2018
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Brody, Debra ; Faust, Erika ; Tsai, James
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  The percentage of nonsmoking adults exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS) declined from 27.7% in 2009–2010 to 20.7% in 2017–2018. During this period, decreasing Trends in the percentage of persons with SHS exposure also were observed for nonsmoking non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic adults. There was no significant decline in the percentage of persons with exposure for nonsmoking non-Hispanic Asian adults from 2011–2012 to 2017–2018. The percentage of persons with SHS exposure was consistently higher for nonsmoking non-Hispanic Black adults throughout the period. During 2017–2018, 41.5% of nonsmoking non-Hispanic Black adults were exposed to SHS compared with 22.7% non-Hispanic Asian, 17.8% non-Hispanic White, and 16.2% nonsmoking Hispanic adults.
  
  Source: Brody DJ, Faust E, Tsai, J. Secondhand smoke exposure among nonsmoking adults: United States, 2015–2018. NCHS data brief, no. 396. Hyattsville, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, National Center for Health Statistics; 2021.
  
  Reported by: Debra Brody, MPH; Erika Faust; James Tsai, MD.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Notification Epidemiology Public Health Public Health Surveillance
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 70(6):224
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  33571178
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7877584
• Document Type:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Genre:
  QuickStats ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/103472/cdc_103472_DS1.pdf
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