Editorial
Protecting children from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke
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Two articles in this edition of Tobacco Control, by Ashley and Ferrence1 and Lund et al,2 address an issue that is likely to become increasingly important in the new millennium. How will children be protected from the known health threat of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) when that exposure occurs in places, such as the home or the private automobile, that are traditionally considered off limits to governmental or other outside intervention?
The overall problem is enormous. According to data collected in
1992-93 in the United States, 21.9% of children under 18 years of age
are exposed to ETS at home by their parents.3 As Aligne and Stoddard recently noted: "Parental smoking is an important preventable cause of morbidity and mortality among American children; it results in annual direct medical expenditures of $4.6 billion and
loss of life costs of $8.2 billion."5 A 1998 Canadian
study has found that nearly
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