Thirdhand Smoke Beliefs of Parents

Drehmer, Jeremy E.; Ossip, Deborah J.; Nabi-Burza, Emara; Rigotti, Nancy A.; Hipple, Bethany; Woo, Heide; Chang, Yuchiao; Winickoff, Jonathan P.

doi:10.1542/peds.2013-3392

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“…THS health impact items were used to ask about general health impact of THS on children [6, 11, 17] and adults [4, 23] as well as cancer specifically [24, 25] with three items. Three items pertaining to THS persistence included days, weeks, and months separately [7, 20]. Three additional items with statements about smoke particles settling with dust [11], accumulating on surfaces [4] and being absorbed into furniture and walls [8] aimed at THS accumulation in the built environment.…”

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“…Recently, education about THS has been incorporated into interventions to promote home smoking bans [18, 19]. Drehmer [20] found that THS harm beliefs were related to more strict enforcement of smoke free bans in homes and cars and increased numbers of quit attempts, which is encouraging evidence for inclusion of THS education in interventions aiming to decrease the impact of tobacco use [21]. Based on this literature, more accurate knowledge and beliefs about THS might be associated with being a nonsmoker, having a smoke-free home, and having been exposed to education regarding the harms of THS.…”

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Development of a scale assessing Beliefs About ThirdHand Smoke (BATHS)

Haardörfer¹,

Berg²,

Escoffery³

et al. 2017

Tob. Induced Dis.

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BackgroundSimilarly to secondhand smoke (SHS), thirdhand smoke (THS) beliefs may be correlated with smoking behaviors and smokefree policies in the home. Thus, there is a need to develop and validate measures to assess beliefs about THS.MethodsA list of 19 items related to THS were generated by an expert panel and tested in a pilot study. Based on results from an exploratory factor analysis, two factors emerged: THS persistence in the environment and THS impact on health. The scale was reduced to nine items, which showed no differential item functioning by smoking status or smoking ban status in the home. The nine items and the two factor structure were tested in a validation sample from a smoke-free homes intervention that included THS educational materials.ResultsThe 9-item scale showed excellent internal consistency. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated good model fit for the two factor solution in a low-income population. Tests of construct validity indicated differences due to exposure to the smoke-free homes intervention, by smoking status, whether participants own or rent their home, and smoking ban status in the home.ConclusionsThe BATHS scale offers researchers a valid and reliable tool to assess THS beliefs.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12971-017-0112-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Development of a scale assessing Beliefs About ThirdHand Smoke (BATHS)

Haardörfer¹,

Berg²,

Escoffery³

et al. 2017

Tob. Induced Dis.

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“…28,29 Better parental health education regarding the harms to children' s health due to exposure to secondhand smoke and third-hand smoke could help motivate more parents to quit smoking. 30 We also found that parents who reported Excluded all the parents who did not have a visit to their child' s pediatric office in the last 12 mo; N = 1191. SHS, secondhand smoke.…”

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Sustainability of a Parental Tobacco Control Intervention in Pediatric Practice

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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT: Parental smoking cessation helps eliminate children' s exposure to tobacco smoke. A child' s visit to the doctor provides a teachable moment for parental smoking cessation. Effective strategies to help parents quit smoking are available for implementation.WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS: Evidence-based outpatient intervention for parents who smoke can be delivered successfully after the initial implementation. Maximizing parental quit rates in the pediatric context will require more complete and sustained systems-level integration. abstract OBJECTIVE: To determine whether an evidence-based pediatric outpatient intervention for parents who smoke persisted after initial implementation. METHODS:A cluster randomized controlled trial of 20 pediatric practices in 16 states that received either Clinical and Community Effort Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure (CEASE) intervention or usual care. The intervention provided practices with training to provide evidence-based assistance to parents who smoke. The primary outcome, assessed by the 12-month followup telephone survey with parents, was provision of meaningful tobacco control assistance, defined as discussing various strategies to quit smoking, discussing smoking cessation medication, or recommending the use of the state quitline after initial enrollment visit. We also assessed parental quit rates at 12 months, determined by self-report and biochemical verification.RESULTS: Practices' rates of providing any meaningful tobacco control assistance (55% vs 19%), discussing various strategies to quit smoking (25% vs 10%), discussing cessation medication (41% vs 11%), and recommending the use of the quitline (37% vs 9%) were all significantly higher in the intervention than in the control groups, respectively (P , .0001 for each), during the 12-month postintervention implementation. Receiving any assistance was associated with a cotinine-confirmed quitting adjusted odds ratio of 1.89 (95% confidence interval: 1.13-3.19). After controlling for demographic and behavioral factors, the adjusted odds ratio for cotinine-confirmed quitting in intervention versus control practices was 1.07 (95% confidence interval: 0.64-1.78). CONCLUSIONS:Intervention practices had higher rates of delivering tobacco control assistance than usual care practices over the 1-year follow-up period. Parents who received any assistance were more likely to quit smoking; however, parents' likelihood of quitting smoking was not statistically different between the intervention and control groups. Maximizing parental quit rates will require more complete systems-level integration and adjunctive cessation strategies. Pediatrics 2014;134:933-941

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“…In addition, parents who reported receiving advice during their pediatrician visit regarding quitting smoking or maintaining a smoke-free home or car were more likely to endorse the belief that THS is harmful to children and infants. Believing that THS is harmful was also associated with making at least one quit attempt (Drehmer et al, 2014). …”

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Thirdhand smoke beliefs and behaviors among healthcare professionals

Heckman

Munshi

Collins

2016

Psychology, Health & Medicine

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Thirdhand smoke (THS) refers to tobacco smoke contaminants and by-products that remain in the environment after a cigarette is extinguished. The purpose of this study was to assess beliefs and behaviors regarding THS among healthcare professionals, and to examine associations among smoking attitudes/beliefs, provider demographics, and THS beliefs and behaviors. Healthcare professionals (N = 204) at a comprehensive cancer center and affiliated general hospital in a northeastern urban area completed online questionnaires. About one third of the respondents had heard of THS before completing the survey, and more than two thirds of the sample believed that THS issues do not receive enough attention. Being female, likelihood of discussing THS with others, endorsing the belief that smoking affects the quality of parenting, and support for government action towards smoking bans were significantly associated with providers’ belief that THS is harmful. Endorsing the belief that smoking affects the quality of parenting and belief that THS is harmful were significantly associated with the likelihood of discussing THS with others. Findings shed light on THS beliefs and behaviors of healthcare providers (a group of individuals that could be trained to educate and advise patients about THS) and inform recommendations for new tobacco policies and clinical guidelines for best practices in tobacco control and prevention.

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Thirdhand Smoke Beliefs of Parents

Abstract: Thirdhand smoke harm belief was associated with a strictly enforced smoke-free home and car and attempts to quit smoking. Sensitizing parents to thirdhand smoke risk could facilitate beneficial tobacco control outcomes.

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Development of a scale assessing Beliefs About ThirdHand Smoke (BATHS)

Development of a scale assessing Beliefs About ThirdHand Smoke (BATHS)

Sustainability of a Parental Tobacco Control Intervention in Pediatric Practice

Thirdhand smoke beliefs and behaviors among healthcare professionals

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