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Vida L Tyc1, Shelly Lensing, Christopher Vukadinovich
1Department of Psychology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. vida.tyc@stjude.org
Objectives:
To examine smoking restrictions in households of children with cancer and their effect on biological measures of children's secondhand smoke exposure (SHSe).
Methods:
A sample of 135 parents of nonsmoking children with cancer who lived with a smoker completed structured interviews.
Results:
Approximately 43% of families prohibited smoking in the home. Children living in homes that prohibited smoking had median cotinine levels that were 71% and 52% lower than did those from homes with no and partial restrictions.
Conclusions:
Parents should be directed to completely ban all smoking from the home and car to best protect their children from SHSe.
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