Passive cigarette smoke exposure in primary school children in Liverpool

Delpisheh, Ali, Kelly, Y. and Brabin, Bernard (2006) 'Passive cigarette smoke exposure in primary school children in Liverpool'. Public Health, Vol 120, Issue 1, pp. 65-69.

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Abstract

Objective: To assess environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure amongst primary school children.
Methods: A descriptive, community-based, cross-sectional study of self-reported parental smoking patterns and children's salivary cotinine concentrations in 245 children aged 5-11 years attending 10 primary schools in Liverpool.
Results: The mean age was 7.4 years. The percentage of children living in smoking households was higher than the average reported for England (61.4% vs 53.0%). The average daily number of cigarettes smoked was similar for fathers (15.8) and mothers (16.4). The mean salivary cotinine concentration (+/- SD) was 1.6 +/- 0.4 ng/ml, and was higher in boys than girls (1.9 +/- 0.4 vs 1.2 +/- 0.2 ng/ml, P=0.006). The mean cotinine concentration was higher amongst children less than 7 years of age compared with older children (1.9 +/- 0.9 vs 1.4 +/- 0.6 ng/ml, P=0.01). Children from disadvantaged socio-economic households (Townsend score > +6) had a mean cotinine level of 1.9 +/- 0.4 ng/ml, and a higher risk of a positive cotinine-validated Level (>= 1 ng/ml) [crude odds ratio (OR) 3.5, 95% confidence interval (Cl) 1.6-5.2). Maternal, but not paternal, cigarette smoke exposure was significantly associated with the salivary cotinine-validated level in children (adjusted OR 2.5, 95%Cl 1.8-3.4).
Conclusions: Maternal smoking, age less than 7 years, child's gender (mate) and tow socio-economic status were significant risk factors associated with ETS exposure in young school children in Liverpool. The level of childhood ETS exposure in this area demonstrates a major public health concern that creates a challenge for innovative interactive strategies. (c) 2005 The Royal Institute of Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	passive smoking cotinine children tobacco-smoke saliva cotinine urine cotinine biomarker asthma
Subjects:	WA Public Health > WA 100 General works WA Public Health > Air pollution > WA 754 Pollution and pollutants (incl. tobacco pollution; passive smoking) WS Pediatrics > WS 100 General works
Faculty: Department:	Groups (2002 - 2012) > Child & Reproductive Health Group
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2005.05.003
Depositing User:	Ms Julia Martin
Date Deposited:	21 Feb 2011 10:40
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2018 13:01
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/1472

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