title: "You have the right to protect your health": Perceptions of Secondhand Smoke and Exposure Mitigation Strategies in Low-Income Patients With Heart Disease, San Francisco, 2011-2012.
abstract: We examined the understanding of the harms of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure among low-income, hospitalized adults with cardiovascular disease. Participants were 15 nonsmokers reporting daily SHS exposure and 15 light or nondaily cigarette smokers. We coded responses from audiotaped semistructured interviews for themes. No participant spontaneously identified heart risks related to SHS exposure. Strategies to avoid SHS included verbal requests to not smoke and physically avoiding smoke; both smokers and nonsmokers prioritized politeness over urgency. Most participants thought a blood test quantifying SHS exposure would be clinically useful. Health education, assertiveness communication training, and protective policies (eg, smoke-free multiunit housing) also were supported.
authors: Stanford Prevention Research Center, and Evaluation Sciences Unit, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
authors: Cati G
authors: CG
authors: Brown-Johnson
authors: Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
authors: Marily
authors: M
authors: Oppezzo
authors: Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
authors: Neal L
authors: NL
authors: Benowitz
authors: Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1265 Welch Rd, Stanford, California 94305. Email: jpro@stanford.edu.
authors: Judith J
authors: JJ
authors: Prochaska
mesh_terms: D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception; D011203:Poverty; D012307:Risk Factors; D012495:San Francisco; D061845:Smoke-Free Policy; D012907:Smoking; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution