[Smoking in the presence of infants; a survey among parents attending well-baby clinics].
OBJECTIVE
To determine the exposure to cigarette smoke of infants aged 0-14 months.


METHODS
Cross-sectional.


METHODS
The area of Westfriesland, the Netherlands.


METHODS
All parents of infants 8 days, 3, 5, 9, and 14 months old who visited the infant welfare centre in 1992 were asked to fill in a questionnaire.


RESULTS
The questionnaire was filled in by 75% of the parents. Smoking before pregnancy was reported by 38% of the mothers, 25% smoked for more than 12 weeks during pregnancy. Almost 50% of all infants were exposed to cigarette smoke at home: 31% of the fathers, 27% of the mothers and 21% others smoked at home. The number of parents who smoked > or = 16 cigarettes a day at home was significantly higher in the weekend than on working days. Nobody smoked in the bedroom of the infant, 42% smoked in the living room, 21% smoked during nursing the infant and 11% smoked in the car in the presence of the infant.


CONCLUSIONS
Infants are often exposed to cigarette smoke at home, during nursing and in the car.
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TNO Preventie en Gezondheid, Leiden.
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D000328:Adult; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor; D001336:Automobiles; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution
D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution
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