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Autor/inn/en | Chopra, Anita; Dhawan, Anju; Sethi, Hem; Mohan, Devinder |
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Titel | Prevalence of Environmental Smoke Exposure in Households with Children in Jodhpur District, India |
Quelle | In: Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 4 (2008) 3, S.67-70 (4 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0973-1342 |
Schlagwörter | Smoking; Family Environment; Incidence; Foreign Countries; Children; Surveys; Policy Formation; Public Policy; India |
Abstract | Aim: The present study assessed the prevalence of child exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) among families with smoking members. Methods: Secondary analysis was conducted on data from a survey done in Jodhpur district (Rajasthan) on substance use in 11459 households. Frequency of smoking by residents in households with children below 10 years of age was ascertained. Results: About 24.5% of children were exposed to ETS. Among surveyed households about 40% had at least one tobacco user and 22.9% at least one smoker. About 86.9% of smokers reported dependent use of tobacco. Among smoking households, 82.7% had at least one child below 10 years of age. Almost all (99.3%) of these households reported daily smoking by members and 55.4% the use of more than 20 cigarettes per day. Conclusions: Tobacco users should be advised about how to limit children's ETS exposure and policy formulation on tobacco control programmes should take this aspect of tobacco use into account. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided). |
Anmerkungen | Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. e-mail: jiacam@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jiacam.org |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2017/4/10 |