title: Smokers' willingness to protect children from secondhand smoke.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the effectiveness of a secondhand smoke media campaign on adult smokers' willingness to protect children from secondhand smoke.
  
  
  METHODS
  Following a series of community awareness ads, a random sample of 390 adult smokers was surveyed via telephone regarding their perceptions of secondhand smoke.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seeing or hearing the ads was significantly associated with intentions to personally smoke outside of the home and to ask visitors to smoke outside. Most smokers were committed to protecting children from secondhand smoke.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Secondhand-smoke media campaigns can positively affect smokers' knowledge of the dangers of secondhand smoke and future intentions to protect others from secondhand smoke.
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion and Education Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0002, USA. keith.king@uc.edu
authors.forename: Keith A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Rebecca A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Vidourek
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Creighton
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vogel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D008875:Middle Aged; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution