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  • Title: [Smoking in the presence of infants; a survey among parents attending well-baby clinics].
    Author: Hirasing RA, Gena SA, Simon JG, Kossen-Boot H, Meulmeester JF, van den Oudenrijn C.
    Journal: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd; 1994 Jul 09; 138(28):1422-6. PubMed ID: 8047183.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To determine the exposure to cigarette smoke of infants aged 0-14 months. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SETTING: The area of Westfriesland, the Netherlands. METHOD: All parents of infants 8 days, 3, 5, 9, and 14 months old who visited the infant welfare centre in 1992 were asked to fill in a questionnaire. RESULTS: The questionnaire was filled in by 75% of the parents. Smoking before pregnancy was reported by 38% of the mothers, 25% smoked for more than 12 weeks during pregnancy. Almost 50% of all infants were exposed to cigarette smoke at home: 31% of the fathers, 27% of the mothers and 21% others smoked at home. The number of parents who smoked > or = 16 cigarettes a day at home was significantly higher in the weekend than on working days. Nobody smoked in the bedroom of the infant, 42% smoked in the living room, 21% smoked during nursing the infant and 11% smoked in the car in the presence of the infant. CONCLUSION: Infants are often exposed to cigarette smoke at home, during nursing and in the car.
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