title: Fatherhood, smoking, and secondhand smoke in North America: an historical analysis with a view to contemporary practice.
abstract: In the context of concerns about the effects of secondhand smoke on fetal health and the health of children, North American health promotion interventions have focused on reducing tobacco consumption among women to a greater extent than men. This is problematic when the health effects of men's secondhand smoke in family environments are considered. This article examines this gendered phenomenon in terms of a history of cigarette consumption that positions smoking as masculine. Furthermore, it demonstrates the value of addressing men's smoking using a gendered methodology, with an emphasis on fatherhood as an expression of masculine identity. Garnering health promotion programs to promote a culture of masculinity that is less individualistic, and defined in terms of responsibility and care for others, in addition to the self, has the potential to render men's smoking problematic and challenge the historic linkages between smoking and masculinity.
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. cfrazerwhite@gmail.com
authors.forename: Cameron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Oliffe
authors.forename: Joan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bottorff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000329:Advertising / Q000266:history; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000266:history* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D019570:Inhalation Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007398:Interpersonal Relations / Q000266:history; D008297:Male; D057228:Masculinity / Q000266:history*; D009656:North America; D010332:Paternal Behavior / Q000266:history; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology*; D012938:Social Perception; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000266:history* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States; D014933:Women's Rights / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution