Toward a population free of tobacco smoke exposure: Testing of children in the pediatric setting

摘要

CHILDREN HAVE AT LEAST 3 TIMES THE RATE of living with smokers compared with nonsmoking adults.1 Nonsmoking adults largely choose to live with other nonsmoking adults but children cannot advocate for themselves in the face of parental tobacco use. Unfortunately for children and the child health care clinicians trying to optimize patient health, parents do not reliably report tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) or in some cases may not know about it.