ArticleMMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report2018
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Among Nonsmokers - United States, 1988-2014.
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186 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 308 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impacts of environmental tobacco smoke on the onset and progression of multiple sclerosis: a systematic review.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2024Pooled it
- Subnational exposure to secondhand smoke in Iran from 1990 to 2013: a systematic review.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Pooled it
- The efficacy of smoking ban policy at the workplace on secondhand smoking: systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Pooled it
- Smoke-Free Home Intervention in Permanent Supportive Housing: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- Evidence-based practices are effective in increasing smoke-free home rules among Black women who smoke.Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs · 2025Trial
- Randomized clinical trial examining financial incentives for smoking cessation among mothers of young children and possible impacts on child secondhand smoke exposure.Preventive medicine · 2023Trial
- Factors associated with smokefree rules in the homes of Black/African American women smokers residing in low-resource rural communities.Preventive medicine · 2022Trial
- Intervening With Smoking Parents of Inpatients to Reduce Exposure: The INSPIRE Randomized Controlled Trial.Academic pediatrics · 2022Trial
- Smoking Behaviors Among Tobacco-Using Parents of Hospitalized Children and Association With Child Cotinine Level.Hospital pediatrics · 2021Trial
- Parent eReferral to Tobacco Quitline: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial in Pediatric Primary Care.American journal of preventive medicine · 2019Trial
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Sleep Disordered Breathing in School-Aged Children with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.Pediatric allergy, immunology, and pulmonology · 2026Article
- Comprehensive Smoke-Free Laws and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in US Counties.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- An Electronic Health Record-Based Tobacco Treatment System for Parents in Pediatric Primary Care.Pediatrics · 2026Article
- Cigarette use, secondhand smoke exposure and age-related infertility among US women: A cross-sectional NHANES study.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2026Article
- Association between secondhand smoke exposure and hyperuricemia among never smokers: A cross-sectional analysis of NHANES data.Tobacco induced diseases · 2026Article
- Association between children's secondhand co-exposure to tobacco and cannabis smoke and elevated urinary cotinine levels: a cross-sectional analysis.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Secondhand smoke exposure and resting heart rate in young US adults: analysis of NHANES 2013-2018.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2026Article
- Compliance with smoke-free laws in hospitality venues in Ethiopia: qualitative insights into barriers and facilitators using the tobacco control theoretical framework.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Combining International Standards to Develop Clinical Decision Support for Parent Smoking Cessation in Pediatrics.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Social Determinants of Health and Cancer Prevention Guideline Behaviors.JAMA network open · 2025Article
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Abstract
Exposure to secondhand smoke from burning tobacco products can cause sudden infant death syndrome, respiratory infections, ear infections, and asthma attacks in infants and children, and coronary heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer in adult nonsmokers (1). There is no risk-free level of secondhand smoke exposure (2). CDC analyzed questionnaire and laboratory data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to assess patterns of secondhand smoke exposure among U.S. nonsmokers. The prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure among U.S. nonsmokers declined substantially during 1988-2014, from 87.5% to 25.2%. However, no change in exposure occurred between 2011-2012 and 2013-2014, and an estimated one in four nonsmokers, or approximately 58 million persons, were still exposed to secondhand smoke during 2013-2014. Moreover, marked disparities persisted across population groups. Exposure prevalence was highest among nonsmokers aged 3-11 years (37.9%), non-Hispanic blacks (50.3%), and those who were living in poverty (47.9%), in rental housing (38.6%), or with someone who smoked inside the home (73.0%), or among persons who had less than a high school education (30.7%). Comprehensive smoke-free laws and policies for workplaces and public places and smoke-free rules for homes and vehicles can further reduce secondhand smoke exposure among all nonsmokers.
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