Impact of smoke-free legislation on children's exposure to secondhand smoke: Cotinine data from the Health Survey for England

Tobacco Control

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-23

  Jarvis, Martin J ^a   Sims, Michelle ^b   Gilmore, Anna ^b   Mindell, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COTININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; PARENTS; SALIVA; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84857032004     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2010.041608     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Haw SJ, Gruer L. Changes in exposure of adult non-smokers to secondhand smoke after implementation of smoke-free legislation in Scotland: national cross sectional survey. BMJ 2007;335:549.
2. Pechacek T, Kaufmann R, Trosclair A, et al. Reduced secondhand smoke exposure after implementation of a comprehensive statewide smoking bandNew York, June 26, 2003eJune 30, 2004. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2007;56:705-8.
3. Sims M, Maxwell R, Bauld L, et al. Short term impact of smoke-free legislation in England: retrospective analysis of hospital admissions for myocardial infarction. BMJ 2010;340:c2161.
4. Royal College of Physicians. Going Smoke-Free: The Medical Case for Clean Air in the Home, at Work and in Public Places. London: Royal College of Physicians, 2005.
5. House of Commons Health Committee. Smoking in Public Places. London: The Stationery Office, 2005.
6. Arnott D, Dockrell M, Sandford A, et al. Comprehensive smoke-free legislation in England: how advocacy won the day. Tob Control 2007;16:423-8.
7. Adda J, Cornaglia F. The Effect of Bans and Taxes on Passive Smoking: Center for Economic Performance Discussion Paper 950. London School of Economics and Political Science: Centre for Economic Performance, 2009.
8. Akhtar PC, Currie DB, Currie CE, et al. Changes in child exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (CHETS) study after implementation of smoke-free legislation in Scotland: national cross sectional survey. BMJ 2007;335:545.
9. Jarvis MJ, Goddard E, Higgins V, et al. Children's exposure to passive smoking in England since the 1980s: cotinine evidence from population surveys. Br Med J 2000;321:343-5.
10. Sims M, Tomkins S, Judge K, et al. Trends in and predictors of second-hand smoke exposure indexed by cotinine in children in England from 1996 to 2006. Addiction 2010;105:543-53.
11. Jarvis MJ, Mindell J, Gilmore A, et al. Smoke-free homes in England: prevalence, trends and validation by cotinine in children. Tob Control 2009;18:491-5.
12. Craig R, Mindell J, Hirani V, eds. Health Survey for England 2008: Volume 2 Methods and Documentation. The NHS Information Centre, 2010.
13. Craig R, Shelton N, eds. Health Survey for England 2007. Vol 2, Methodology and Documentation. Leeds: Health and Social Care Information Centre, 2008.
14. Erens B, Primatesta P, eds. Health Survey for England: Cardiovascular Disease '98. Volume 2: Methodology and Documentation. London: The Stationery Office, 1999.
15. Benowitz NL. Cotinine as a biomarker of environmental tobacco smoke exposure. Epidemiol Rev 1996;18:188-204.
16. Feyerabend C, Russell MA. A rapid gas-liquid chromatographic method for the determination of cotinine and nicotine in biological fluids. J Pharm Pharmacol 1990;42:450-2.
17. Bernert JT, Jacob P 3rd, Holiday DB, et al. Interlaboratory comparability of serum cotinine measurements at smoker and nonsmoker concentration levels: a round-robin study. Nicotine Tob Res 2009;11:1458-66.
18. Jarvis MJ, Fidler J, Mindell J, et al. Assessing smoking status in children, adolescents and adults: cotinine cut-points revisited. Addiction 2008;103:1553-61.
19. Pirkle JL, Bernert JT, Caudill SP, et al. Trends in the exposure of nonsmokers in the US population to secondhand smoke: 1988-2002. Environ Health Perspect 2006;114:853-8.
20. Centers for Disease Control. Vital signs: nonsmokers' exposure to secondhand smokedUnited States, 1999-2008. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2010;59:1141-6.
21. Department of Health. A Smokefree Future: A Comprehensive Tobacco Control Strategy for England. London: Department of Health, 2010.