title: Sociodemographic Differences Among U.S. Children and Adults Exposed to Secondhand Smoke at Home: National Health Interview Surveys 2000 and 2010.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined the levels and change in prevalence of self-reported secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure at home, and analyzed sociodemographic differences in exposure among children (aged 0-17 years) and nonsmoking adults (aged ≥18 years) in the United States in 2000 and 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  We included 18,731 children and 44,049 adults from the 2000 and 2010 National Health Interview Survey Cancer Control Supplements. We used multivariate logistic regression to determine the factors associated with exposure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of self-reported SHS exposure declined from 2,627 of 10,636 (24.7%) to 663 of 8,095 (8.2%) for children and from 2,863 of 23,665 (12.1%) to 897 of 20,384 (4.4%) for adults from 2000 to 2010. SHS exposure declined for all population subgroups between the two years, but differences were found. Compared with 2000, children aged 12-17 years in 2010 were no longer more likely than children aged 0-5 years to be exposed to SHS. Non-Hispanic black children and adults were more likely than non-Hispanic white children and adults to be exposed to SHS in 2010. In 2010, no differences were found for children whose parents had a higher level of education, and no differences were observed for children or adults with high family income vs. other levels of family income. Children living in the Midwest and South had higher levels of SHS exposure than children in other regions in 2010.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Self-reported SHS exposure at home declined for all population subgroups from 2000 to 2010, but socioeconomic differences existed for some subgroups in both years. Current tobacco control policies need to be improved to reach all population subgroups so that SHS exposure can be further reduced, especially among vulnerable populations.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health & Aging, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Tingting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health & Aging, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Hai-Yen
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health & Aging, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Yingning
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, School of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lightwood
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health & Aging, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Max
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D057566:Self Report; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution