title: Decrease in the prevalence of environmental tobacco smoke exposure in the home during the 1990s in families with children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study explored correlates with and changes in the prevalence of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure of children in the home.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used multiple logistic regression to explore ETS exposures as reported in the 1992 and 2000 National Health Interview Survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  ETS exposure in homes with children declined from 35.6% to 25.1% (P <.001) between 1992 and 2000, whereas smoking prevalence declined 26.5% to 23.3%. Home ETS exposures were more prevalent among non-Hispanic Whites than among African Americans (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.702; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.614, 0.802), Asian Americans (AOR = 0.534; 95% CI = 0.378, 0.754), and Hispanics (AOR = 0.388; 95% CI = 0.294, 0.389). Exposures declined across all groups, with greater gains in higher education and income groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Home ETS exposure declined sharply between 1992 and 2000, more than would be predicted by the decline in adult smoking prevalence.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Health Management and Policy, Ann Arbor, 48109, USA. solimans@umich.edu
authors.forename: Soheil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soliman
authors.forename: Harold A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Pollack
authors.forename: Kenneth E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Warner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000465:Algorithms; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005192:Family Health / Q000208:ethnology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution