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4.4 Measuring exposure to secondhand smoke
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Relevant news and research: Measuring exposure to secondhand smoke

Semple, S., Best, C., Riches, E., Morton, L., Reid, G., Howell, R. and O'Donnell, R. (2026). Twenty years on from smoke-free legislation in Scotland: A secondary analysis of the Scottish Health Survey dataset (1998-2024) examining changes in household smoking rules, and salivary cotinine concentrations among non-smokers. Tob Induc Dis. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41891109


Amir, Y., Rey-Brandariz, J., Varela-Lema, L., Rosen, L. J., Garcia, G., Candal-Pedreira, C., Teijeiro, A. and Perez-Rios, M. (2026). Second-hand tobacco smoke exposure in Israel: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence data, 2012-2024. Public Health, 106218. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41740422


Collins, B. N., Lepore, S. J., Berardi, V., Goodwin, R. D., Wilson, K. and Baishya, M. (2026). Association between children's secondhand co-exposure to tobacco and cannabis smoke and elevated urinary cotinine levels: a cross-sectional analysis. BMJ Public Health, 1, e003739. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41736815


Guerra-Tort, C., Rey-Brandariz, J., Candal-Pedreira, C., Garcia, G., de Luis Cid, L. and Perez-Rios, M. (2026). The influence of exposure and observed mortality definitions when estimating lung cancer attributable mortality to secondhand smoke exposure. J Clin Epidemiol, 112180. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41672161


Le, H. T., Tran, T. T. T., Ta, B. T., Nguyen, H. T., Pham, V. T., Phan, C. T. T., Nguyen, S. D., Tu, N. M., Nguyen, Q. T., Nguyen, B. N. and Nguyen, S. V. (2026). Urinary cotinine concentration as a biomarker of environmental exposure to Nicotine in Vietnam: Results from a Nationwide Survey in 2024. PLoS One, 1, e0338434. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41592032


Li, W., Jiang, J., Li, R., Zhang, L., Jia, B., Zhang, Q. and Qian, X. (2025). Analysis of secondhand smoke exposure and harm awareness among non-smoking individuals aged 15-44 years in Jilin Province: A cross-sectional study. Tob Induc Dis. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41080624


Possenti, I., Scala, M., Odone, A., Smits, L. J. M., Gallus, S. and Lugo, A. (2025). Prevalence of cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in Italy in 2024. Tumori, 3008916251378261. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41117280


Agarwal, D., Choudhary, R., Narayan, S., Yadav, P. K. and Singh, K. K. (2025). Assessment of Passive Smoking in Children With Asthma Using Urinary Cotinine Levels and Its Association With Asthma Severity. Cureus, 7, e88583. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40861540


Cheng, M., Zhang, M., Fang, W., Qin, H., Pan, Y., Chen, S., Cao, G., Zhang, Y. and Lu, Y. (2025). Association between the urine tobacco metabolite levels and physical health in Chinese primary school students with secondhand smoke exposure. Front Public Health, 1600196. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40746677


Lee, J. E., Jo, A. R., Lee, S. and Lee, W. (2025). Exposure to Environmental Chemicals from Environmental Tobacco Smoking in Korean Adolescents. Toxics, 7. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40710991


Liu, Y., Zeng, X., Liu, S. and Xiao, L. (2025). Spatial Distribution and Its Influencing Factors of Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Adults - 31 PLADs, China, 2022. China CDC Wkly, 22, 771-776. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40621204


Moftian, N., Arfaeinia, H., Talebi, F., Soleimani, F., Dadipoor, S., Alipour, V., Abdi, N., Abbasi, N., Taherpour, N. and Sharafi, M. (2025). Potentially toxic metals in umbilical cord blood as a biomarker for passive smoker women. Sci Rep, 1, 21921. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40594726


Nagappan, N., Manigandan, T., Vedeswari, C. P., Lakshmikumari, K., Srinivasan, S. K. and Kannan, R. (2025). Secondhand Smoke (SHS) Exposure Among Nonsmokers in Chengalpattu District. A Household Survey. J Pharm Bioallied Sci, Suppl 2, S1874-S1876. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40655846


Blanco-Ferreiro, A., Rey-Brandariz, J., Ahluwalia, J. S., Varela-Lema, L., Galan, I., Santiago-Perez, M. I., Sureda, X., Fu, M., Schiaffino, A., Jose Lopez, M., Continente, X., Candal-Pedreira, C., Mahabee-Gittens, M. and Perez-Rios, M. (2025). Dimensions and domains to assess secondhand tobacco smoke exposure: insights from a Delphi study. Gac Sanit, 102508. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40554131


Wang, J., Ma, J., Hu, T., Ye, Y., Zhao, Y., Abulikemu, S., Chen, X., Hu, X., Yu, J., Li, C. and Peng, Y. (2025). Trends of cotinine and secondhand smoke exposure rates in children and adolescent aged 6-19 years: Impact of race and socioeconomic factors over two decades. Addict Behav, 108413. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40540958


Barnett, T. E., Choi, A. N. and Gimeno Ruiz de Porras, D. (2025). Prevalence of environmental tobacco smoke by industry in central America: findings from the II central American survey of working conditions and health. Sci Rep, 1, 19087. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40447679


Harris, C. and Heaton, K. (2025). In-Vehicle Tobacco Smoke Exposure: A Narrative Review of the Literature. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 5. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40427775


Sayed Mohamed Zain, S. M., Abdul Shukor, I. H., Mohamad, N., Wan Azmi, W. N. F. and Anual, Z. F. (2025). Urinary cotinine cut-off concentrations in children under 5 years for assessing environmental tobacco smoke exposure: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open, 5, e094077. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40379337


Chopra, M., Gupta, A., Sharma, B., Kakade, N. and Arora, M. (2024). Assessing second-hand smoke exposure among non-smoking youth in India: Insights from GATS I & II. Indian J Med Res, 6, 578-591. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39913523


Stierman, B., Helms Garrison, V., Brody, D. J. and Bachand, J. V. (2025). Cotinine-measured secondhand smoke exposure among federal housing assistance recipients without active tobacco or nicotine in the United States: NHANES, 2007-2018. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39803893


McKeon, K., Werthmann, D., Straubing, R., Rodriguez, A., Sosnoff, C., Blount, B. C., Chew, G. L., Reponen, T., Adamkiewicz, G., Hsu, J. and Rabito, F. A. (2024). Environmental tobacco smoke exposure in a multi-city cohort of children with asthma: Analyzing true exposure and the validity of caregiver survey. J Clin Transl Sci, 1, e197. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39655029


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