Family and carer smoking control programmes for reducing children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke

Abstract

Background: Children's exposure to other people's cigarette smoke (environmental tobacco smoke, or ETS) is associated with a range of adverse health outcomes for children. Parental smoking is a common source of children's exposure to ETS. Preventing exposure to cigarette smoke in infancy and childhood has significant potential to improve children's health worldwide. Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of interventions aiming to reduce exposure of children to ETS. Search strategy: We searched the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group trials register and conducted additional searches of two health and education databases not included in this specialised register. Date of the most recent sear..