Journal article
Smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke, and smoking restrictions in Tijuana, Mexico
Revista panamericana de salud pública, v 18(6), pp 412-417
01 Dec 2005
PMID: 16536927
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of tobacco use, exposure to secondhand smoke, and smoking restrictions in the home and workplace among residents of Tijuana, one of Mexico's largest cities. METHODS: This cross-sectional household survey was conducted in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, during 2003 and 2004. A population-based sample of 400 Tijuana adult residents responded to a tobacco survey, and 397 of the surveys were analyzed. RESULTS: About 22.9% (95% confidence interval (CI): 18.7%-27.1%) of Tijuana adults reported current smoking, and 53.9% (95% CI: 48.8%-58.9%) reported chronic exposure to secondhand smoke. Approximately 44.4% (95% CI: 37.9%-50.9%) of Tijuana adults had a nonsmoking policy in their workplace, while 65.8% (95% CI: 61.0%-70.6%) of Tijuana households were smoke-free. CONCLUSIONS: The results underline the need for increased tobacco control efforts, particularly stricter enforcement of existing passive smoking regulations, in order to expand protection from secondhand smoke from private settings to public ones and to curb the tobacco epidemic in Tijuana and elsewhere in Mexico.
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- Title
- Smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke, and smoking restrictions in Tijuana, Mexico
- Creators
- Ana P. Martínez-Donate - San Diego State UniversityMelbourne F. Hovell - San Diego State UniversityC. Richard Hofstetter - San Diego State UniversityGuillermo J. González-Pérez - Universidad de GuadalajaraMarc A. Adams - San Diego State UniversityJosé de Jesús Sánchez - Universidad Autónoma de Baja CaliforniaGabriela Guzmán-Cerda - San Diego State University
- Publication Details
- Revista panamericana de salud pública, v 18(6), pp 412-417
- Publisher
- Organización Panamericana de la Salud
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- Portuguese
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000234794600004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-33645317652
- Other Identifier
- 991020100200104721
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- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health