He is hoarse, and his secondhand-smoker's cough is erupting, after giving what feels to him like a thousand interviews.
Smoking bans in outdoor settings may have multiple benefits in terms of reducing non-smokers' exposure to secondhand smoke, encouraging smokers to reduce their intake or quit and avoiding instances of adults modelling and normalising tobacco consumption to children.
In non-smokers, secondhand smoke is the cause of about 20% of cases.
Participants identified easy access to cigarettes and exposure to other smokers and secondhand smoke in apartments as barriers to cessation.
21 There is limited public awareness of the risks of secondhand smoke, especially among smokers, older adults and less-educated populations.
Ezzati and Lopez (2004) estimated that the population-average burden of both firsthand (smokers) and secondhand tobacco smoke in industrialized nations is 12% of the annual DALYs lost, which we assume would represent 1,700 DALY losses per 100,000 persons per year, that is, 12% of the total DALY losses estimated for the United States by WHO (2009).
Because asthma can be triggered by secondhand smoke, banish any smokers from the vicinity.
More never-smokers were nondrinkers and were less exposed to secondhand smoke, whereas more current smokers reported < 3 MET hr/week of physical activity.
Smoke-free laws that prohibit smoking in public places substantially reduce non-smokers' exposures to secondhand smoke, change social norms about smoking and motivate smokers to quit.
Doctors hoping to reduce the exposure of smokers' children to secondhand smoke have found that putting nicotine monitors in the home seems to help persuade parents to smoke less around their children.
