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

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  • Vassiliki Mantziou

    (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Nursing, Athens, Greece)

  • Constantine I. Vardavas

    (Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece)

  • Eleni Kletsiou

    (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Nursing, Athens, Greece)

  • Kostas N. Priftis

    (Department of Allergy and Pneumonology, Children’s Hospital of Pentelis, Athens, Greece)

Abstract

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 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 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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  • Vassiliki Mantziou & Constantine I. Vardavas & Eleni Kletsiou & Kostas N. Priftis, 2009. "Predictors of Childhood Exposure to Parental Secondhand Smoke in the House and Family Car," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 6(2), pages 1-12, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:6:y:2009:i:2:p:433-444:d:3917
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