Chapter 3 The health effects of active smoking
Chapter 4 The health effects of secondhand smoke
Chapter 5 Influences on the uptake and prevention of smoking

Relevant news and research about the prevalence of exposure to SHS in the home

Bhandari, Y., Kishore, J., Yadav, A. and Das, A. (2025). Second Hand Tobacco Smoke Exposure among Adults in an Urbanized Village in Delhi. Indian J Community Med, 1, 62-69. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40124835


Kocahan, T., Asar, E., Orscelik, A., Sahin, C. E., Buyukluoglu, G., Ataoglu, B., Bulut, Y. E. and Erguder, T. (2025). Prevalence of tobacco use and passive exposure among adolescent athletes aged 13-14 years in Turkiye: A cross-sectional study. Tob Induc Dis. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40130263


Lu, H., Qi, S., Chen, W. and Gu, D. (2025). Trends of secondhand smoke exposure among children: A scientometric analysis. Tob Induc Dis. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40115168


Nasser, S., Shubair, M. M., Alharthy, A., Fattani, F., Al-Khateeb, B. F., Aldubikhi, A. I., Alshahrani, A., Alnaim, L., Iqbal, S., Othman, F. and El-Metwally, A. A. (2025). Prevalence and predictors of active and passive smoking in Saudi Arabia: A survey among attendees of primary healthcare centers in Riyadh. Tob Induc Dis. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40094102


Ahmed, F., Gawde, N. and Parasuraman, S. (2024). Prevalence, Sources, and Correlates of Second-hand Smoke Exposure Among Non-smoking Pregnant Women in India. J Prev Med Public Health. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39901756


Odo, D. B., Ayo-Yusuf, O., Dinku, Y., Mekonnen, A. G. and Maddox, R. (2025). Trends in the prevalence and factors associated with indoor smoking in 24 countries Party to the WHO FCTC: implications for equitable policy implementation. BMJ Glob Health, 2. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39939108


Asar, E., Bulut, Y. E., Dindar Badem, N., Orscelik, A., Sahin, C. E., Buyukluoglu, G., Kucuk, I., Kocahan, T. and Erguder, T. (2025). Tobacco Use and Second-Hand Smoke Exposure Among Athletes; Assessment by Urine Cotinine Level and Exhaled Carbon Monoxide: A Cross-Sectional Study. Healthcare (Basel), 2. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39857225


Chen, T., Wang, M. P., Cheung, Y. T. D., Chen, J., Leung, L. T., Wang, L., Lam, T. H. and Ho, S. Y. (2024). Increasing trends of household secondhand smoke exposure and widening socioeconomic disparities in Hong Kong adolescents, 2010-2020. Am J Prev Med. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39732185


Khosravi, O., Bazyar, M., Soofi, M., Nargesi, S. and Khorshidi, A. (2024). Socioeconomic inequality in exposure to second-hand smoke among middle-aged adults of the RaNCD cohort study: a decomposition analysis. BMC Public Health, 1, 3532. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39696261


Lee, S., Son, Y., Hong, S., Lee, M., Kim, H., Lee, H., Lee, H., Lee, H., Park, J., Dragioti, E., Fond, G., Boyer, L., Lopez Sanchez, G. F., Tully, M. A., Rahmati, M., Woo, S., Yon, D. K. and Smith, L. (2024). Global trends of secondhand smoke exposure among young adolescents from 27 countries, 2003-2021: findings from the World Health Organization database. Sci Rep, 1, 29798. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39616221


Earlier news and research

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