Passive Smoking in China: Contributing Factors and Areas for Future Interventions
Passive Smoking in China: Contributing Factors and Areas for Future Interventions作者机构:Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and School of Basic Medicine Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100005 China School of Public Health Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100005 China Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Beijing 100050 China
出 版 物:《Biomedical and Environmental Sciences》 (生物医学与环境科学(英文版))
年 卷 期:2007年第20卷第5期
页 面:420-425页
核心收录:
学科分类:100405[医学-卫生毒理学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程(可授工学、理学、农学学位)] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 10[医学]
主 题:Qualitative study Passive smoking China
摘 要:To reduce tobacco consumption and exposure to passive smoking in *** Discussion consisting of 80 focus groups and 35 interviews were held in three rural intervention counties of Jiangxi,Henan,and Sichuan Provinces. Participants came from hospitals,schools,rural areas,and urban *** Tobacco use and exposure to passive smoking were widely prevalent in the investigated schools,hospitals,county towns,and rural areas. Knowledge of the risks for passive smoking on health is lacking,especially in rural areas. Barriers to the control of tobacco use in public places include reluctance of administrators to implement tobacco control policies,lack of consistent policies,difficulties with regulations and enforcement,and reluctance of non-smokers to exercise their right to clean *** To curb the current tobacco epidemic in China,tobacco control efforts must focus on reducing exposure to passive smoking. A strategy should be formulated to reduce the factors that contribute to tobacco use and exposure to passive smoking.