The Role of Ethnicity and Nativity in the Correspondence between Subjective and Objective Measures of In-Home Smoking

AbstractStudies are needed to understand the association between self-reported home smoking bans and objective measures of in-home smoking according to smokers ’ ethnicity/nativity. Data came from a trial that used air particle monitors to reduce children’s secondhand smoke exposure in smokers’ households (N = 251). Linear regressions modeled (a) full home smoking bans by ethnicity/nativity, and (b) objectively measured in-home smoking events, pr edicted by main and interaction effects of self-reported home smoking bans and ethnicity/nativity. Among smokers reporting <  a full ban, US-born and Foreign-born Latinos had fewer in-home smoking events than US-born Whites (p <  0.001). Participants who reported a full smoking ban had a similar frequency of smoking events regardless of ethnicity/nativity. Results indicate that self-reported home smoking bans can be used as a proxy for in-home smoking. Establishing smoking bans in the households of US-born White smokers has the largest impact on potential exposure compared to other ethnicity/nativity groups.
Source: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research