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Parental smoking and passive smoking in infants: fathers matter too

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UNSPECIFIED (2005) Parental smoking and passive smoking in infants: fathers matter too. HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH, 20 (2). pp. 185-194. doi:10.1093/her/cyg117 ISSN 0268-1153.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/her/cyg117

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Abstract

This study examines mothers' and fathers' smoking patterns in different kinds of smoking households, and assesses their relative contribution to infants' exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. It uses data from a cross-sectional survey of 314 smoking households (infants: mean age 10 weeks) in Coventry and Birmingham, England, examining reported tobacco consumption and objective measures of exposure: the study infant's urinary cotinine:creatinine ratios and their mother's salivary cotinine. The study shows that both mothers' and fathers' tobacco smoke make substantial contributions to infant exposure to tobacco smoke. Households were more likely to contain a smoking father than mother, with over two-thirds of households including a smoking father. In households where both parents smoke, fathers' tobacco consumption was found to be significantly higher than in households where only the father smokes. This suggests that the interaction between parents needs to be considered rather than focusing on mothers' or fathers' smoking behaviour in isolation. The implications for health promotion programmes are discussed, particularly the need to place more emphasis on tackling fathers' smoking. Currently, fathers' smoking receives far less research or health promotion attention than mothers' smoking. Protecting infants from fathers' as well as mothers' smoking is key to reducing environmental tobacco exposure in early infancy, when the risk of Sudden Infant Death is highest.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: L Education
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Journal or Publication Title: HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
ISSN: 0268-1153
Official Date: April 2005
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April 2005UNSPECIFIED
Volume: 20
Number: 2
Number of Pages: 10
Page Range: pp. 185-194
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyg117
Publication Status: Published

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