Questionnaire or Objective Assessment for Studying Exposure to Tobacco Smoke among Asthmatic and Healthy Children: The French VESTA Study

Callais, F.; Momas, Isabelle; Roche, Denis; Gauvin, Stéphanie; Reungoat, P.; Zmirou, Denis

doi:10.1006/pmed.2002.1132

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“…The total number of cigarettes per day smoked by all family members (parents and other usual residents) inside the house was associated with cotinine, in accordance with previous studies (Preston et al, 1997;Winkelstein et al, 1997;Manino et al, 2001;Callais et al, 2003).…”

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“…The cotinine levels in children, measured in saliva or urine, increase with the number of smoking parents (Cook et al, 1994;Irvine et al, 1997;Seifert et al, 2002), the number of smokers in the household (Jordaan et al 1999), the number of cigarettes/day that the parents smoke at home (Bakoula et al, 1997;Irvine et al, 1997;Oddoze et al, 1999) and the number of cigarettes/day that household members (parents and others) smoke at home (Preston et al, 1997;Winkelstein et al, 1997;Manino et al, 2001;Callais et al, 2003). Moreover, the cotinine is substantially reduced when parents do not smoke in the presence of their children (Bakoula et al, 1997;Irvine et al, 1997;Seifert et al, 2002), and increases progressively with the frequency of smoking in their presence (Irvine et al, 1997).…”

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Environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children: parental perception of smokiness at home and other factors associated with urinary cotinine in preschool children

Jurado

Muñoz

Luna

et al. 2004

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

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Parental smoking behavior at home and sociodemographic variables may influence exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in children. A sample of 115 preschool children aged 3-6 years was enrolled in this study. ETS exposure was evaluated through a questionnaire about parents' smoking behavior and determinations of urinary cotinine F a biomarker of exposure F in children. Bivariate and multiple regression analyses were used to evaluate the association between the smoking behavior of each parent at home, sociodemographic factors and cotinine levels in children. The parental perception of smokiness in the home was significantly associated with urinary cotinine in children (r-partial coefficient ¼ 0.324; Po0.002). The father's education, mother's smoking status, and day of the week when urine was sampled (Tuesday) were also independently associated with levels of cotinine. These four variables explained 26.4% of the variance in the cotinine levels of children. In designing educational programs to reduce passive smoking among children, it is necessary to take into account those factors related with cotinine levels in children. Our results support the influence of the mothers' smoking status, the fathers' educational level, and the day of the week of sampling on cotinine in children. The perception of parents (smokers and nonsmokers) about the smokiness in the home could also be a useful indicator of the cotinine in children exposed to environmental tobacco smoke in the household.

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Environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children: parental perception of smokiness at home and other factors associated with urinary cotinine in preschool children

Jurado

Muñoz

Luna

et al. 2004

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

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“…Nevertheless, this variable was taken into account in the regression model with urinary cotinine concentrations, which are generally agreed to be the best indicator of 48-hour ETS exposure. 36 Concerning outdoor-generated particles, a number of studies have been performed to assess the correlation between personal exposure and outdoor PM concentration. Wallace and Williams 37 used, in a longitudinal study, personal indoor-outdoor sulfur concentrations to estimate, in (2) the contribution of outdoor-generated PM2.5 is about 50% of the personal PM2.5 exposure; and (3) this contribution depends on a local factor because residential concentration is a better regressor than the fixed-site measurement.…”

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Nasal inflammation and personal exposure to fine particles PM2.5 in asthmatic children

Nikasinovic¹,

Just

Sahraoui

et al. 2006

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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“…Poor agreement was reported for children's SHSe in the home (κ=0.33), in the same room as a smoker (κ=0.11) and SHSe within the past 2 days (κ=0.05–0.11)48 49 Willers et al , using an intensity scale based upon household members' smoking status, found strong a correlation with urine cotinine (r=0.61) 50. Another study collecting information on the number of cigarettes smoked inside the house, as well as number of household smokers, also showed a strong correlation (r≥0.59) 42.…”

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Assessing secondhand smoke exposure with reported measures

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Non-smokers are exposed to tobacco smoke from the burning cigarette and the exhaled smoke from smokers. In spite of decades of development of approaches to assess secondhand smoke exposure (SHSe), there are still unresolved methodological issues. This manuscript summarises the scientific evidence on the use of SHSe reported measures and their methods, objectives, strengths and limitations; and discusses best practices for assessing behaviour leading to SHSe for lifetime and immediate or current SHSe. Recommendations for advancing measurement science of SHSe are provided. Behavioural measures of SHSe commonly rely on self-reports from children and adults. Most commonly, the methodology includes self, proxy and interview-based reporting styles using retrospective recall or diary-style reporting formats. The reporting method used will vary based upon the subject of interest, assessment objectives and cultural context. Appropriately implemented, reported measures of SHSe provide an accurate, timely and cost-effective method for assessing exposure time, location and quantity in a wide variety of populations.

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Questionnaire or Objective Assessment for Studying Exposure to Tobacco Smoke among Asthmatic and Healthy Children: The French VESTA Study

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Environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children: parental perception of smokiness at home and other factors associated with urinary cotinine in preschool children

Environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children: parental perception of smokiness at home and other factors associated with urinary cotinine in preschool children

Nasal inflammation and personal exposure to fine particles PM2.5 in asthmatic children

Assessing secondhand smoke exposure with reported measures

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