National and state prevalence of smoke-free rules in homes with and without children and smokers: Two decades of progress☆

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• Alternative Title:
  Prev Med
• Personal Author:
  King, Brian A. ; Patel, Roshni ; Babb, Stephen D. ; Hartman, Anne M. ; Freeman, Alison
• Description:
  Objective
  
  The home is the primary source of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure for children. We assessed national and state progress in smoke-free home (SFH) rule adoption in homes with and without children and adult smokers.
  
  Methods
  
  Data came from the 1992–1993 and 2010–2011 Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Survey, a U.S. national probability household survey. Households were defined as having a SFH rule if all household respondents aged ≥ 18 indicated no one was allowed to smoke inside the home at any time. Households with children were those with occupants aged <18. Smokers were those who smoked ≥ 100 lifetime cigarettes and now smoked “everyday” or “some days”.
  
  Results
  
  From 1992–1993 to 2010–2011, SFH rule prevalence increased from 43.0% to 83.0% (p < .05). Among households with children, SFH rules increased overall (44.9% to 88.6%), in households without smokers (59.7% to 95.0%), and households with ≥ 1 smokers (9.7% to 61.0%) (p < .05). Among households without children, SFH rules increased overall (40.8% to 81.1%), in households without smokers (53.4% to 90.1%), and households with ≥ 1 smokers (6.3% to 40.9%) (p < .05). Prevalence increased in all states, irrespective of smoker or child occupancy (p < .05). In 2010–2011, among homes with smokers and children, SFH rule prevalence ranged from 36.5% (West Virginia) to 86.8% (California).
  
  Conclusions
  
  Considerable progress has been made adopting SFH rules, but many U.S. children continue to be exposed to SHS because their homes are not smoke-free. Further efforts to promote adoption of SFH rules are essential to protect all children from this health risk.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Air Pollution, Indoor Article Child Environmental Exposure Family Characteristics Households Humans Prevalence Secondhand Smoke Smoke-Free Policy Smoking Surveys And Questionnaires Tobacco Smoke Pollution United States

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• Source:
  Prev Med. 82:51-58
• Pubmed ID:
  26601642
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4766981
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  82
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:75b7584cd68687e14171fbd52a30ebd3b8122f2375aed53517a5a342b4708321
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/38174/cdc_38174_DS1.pdf
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