Table 1
Frequency of use of various terms for “other people’s smoke”
| Term used | In Tobacco Control titles (March 1992 to February 2003) | In Tobacco Control full text* (March 1998 to February 2003) | In Medline titles (1966 to 1 March 2003) | In Lexis-Nexis news database (global) (14 February to 14 March 2003) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Number of individual papers using the terms. | ||||
| Environmental tobacco smoke or ETS | 29 | 149 | 1296 | 182 |
| Secondhand (or second hand) smoke/smoking | 2 | 51 | 147 | 818 |
| Involuntary smoke/smoking | – | 23 | 66 | 2 |
| Passive smoke/smoking | 10 | 113 | 1621 | 102 |
