TY - JOUR
T1 - Frequency and risk factors related to smoking in cars with children present
AU - Montreuil, Annie
AU - Tremblay, Michèle
AU - Cantinotti, Michael
AU - Leclrc, Bernard Simon
AU - Lasnier, Benoit
AU - Cohen, Joanna
AU - McGrath, Jennifer
AU - O’Loughlin, Jennifer
N1 - Funding Information:
Sources of support : This project was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Institut national de santé publique du Québec through a financial contribution from the Québec Ministry of Health and Social Services. J. McGrath holds a CIHR New Investigator Award and Operating Grant (MOP97879). J. O’Loughlin holds a Canada Research Chair in the Early Determinants of Adult Chronic Disease. Acknowledgements : The authors thank Erika Dugas for assistance with preparation of the manuscript and Yan Kestens for his contribution to the research protocol submitted for funding. Conflict of Interest : None to declare.
Publisher Copyright:
© Canadian Public Health Association, 2015.
PY - 2015/9
Y1 - 2015/9
N2 - OBJECTIVES: Second-hand smoke (SHS) can attain high concentrations in cars. To protect children’s health, nine Canadian provinces have enacted legislation prohibiting smoking in privately owned vehicles when children are present; Quebec is the only province with no such legislation. The objective of this study was to estimate the proportion of smokers in Quebec who smoke while travelling in a private vehicle in which children are present, and to compare the characteristics of smokers who do and do not smoke in cars. METHODS: In 2011-12, 754 daily smokers who recently travelled in a car with children completed a telephone survey in which they reported how frequently they smoked in a car, if there were smoking restrictions, and perceptions about the effectiveness of legislation prohibiting smoking in cars when children are present. RESULTS: Twenty-three percent of daily smokers smoked at least occasionally in their car when children were present. This proportion was higher among smokers who knew that there was no legislation in Quebec prohibiting smoking in cars, compared to smokers who believed that such legislation was already in effect (32% vs. 12%). Smokers with a university degree and those who reported that smoking was prohibited at home were less likely to expose children to SHS in cars. Most daily smokers (75%) believed that legislation would be effective. DISCUSSION: The results of this study suggest that legislation prohibiting smoking in cars is necessary to protect children from SHS, that such legislation would be effective, and that it may be relatively easy to implement.
AB - OBJECTIVES: Second-hand smoke (SHS) can attain high concentrations in cars. To protect children’s health, nine Canadian provinces have enacted legislation prohibiting smoking in privately owned vehicles when children are present; Quebec is the only province with no such legislation. The objective of this study was to estimate the proportion of smokers in Quebec who smoke while travelling in a private vehicle in which children are present, and to compare the characteristics of smokers who do and do not smoke in cars. METHODS: In 2011-12, 754 daily smokers who recently travelled in a car with children completed a telephone survey in which they reported how frequently they smoked in a car, if there were smoking restrictions, and perceptions about the effectiveness of legislation prohibiting smoking in cars when children are present. RESULTS: Twenty-three percent of daily smokers smoked at least occasionally in their car when children were present. This proportion was higher among smokers who knew that there was no legislation in Quebec prohibiting smoking in cars, compared to smokers who believed that such legislation was already in effect (32% vs. 12%). Smokers with a university degree and those who reported that smoking was prohibited at home were less likely to expose children to SHS in cars. Most daily smokers (75%) believed that legislation would be effective. DISCUSSION: The results of this study suggest that legislation prohibiting smoking in cars is necessary to protect children from SHS, that such legislation would be effective, and that it may be relatively easy to implement.
KW - Canada
KW - Child
KW - Smoke-free policy
KW - Tobacco smoke pollution
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U2 - 10.17269/CJPH.106.5070
DO - 10.17269/CJPH.106.5070
M3 - Article
C2 - 26680427
AN - SCOPUS:84954200748
SN - 0008-4263
VL - 106
SP - e369-e374
JO - Canadian Journal of Public Health
JF - Canadian Journal of Public Health
IS - 6
ER -