Clean indoor air: advances in California, 1990-1999

Am J Public Health. 2002 May;92(5):785-91. doi: 10.2105/ajph.92.5.785.

Abstract

Objectives: This study assessed progress in achieving clean indoor air in California.

Methods: Data were from large, cross-sectional population-based surveys (1990-1999).

Results: Indoor workers reporting smoke-free workplaces increased from 35.0% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 33.7, 36.3) in 1990 to 93.4% (95% CI = 92.6, 94.2) in 1999. Exposure of nonsmoking indoor workers to secondhand tobacco smoke decreased from 29.0% (95% CI = 27.2, 30.8) to 15.6% (95% CI = 14.1, 17.1). Adults with smoke-free homes increased from 37.6 % (95% CI = 35.1, 40.1) in 1992 to 73.7% (95% CI = 73.2, 74.2) in 1999; nearly half of smokers in 1999 had smoke-free homes. In 1999, 82.2% (95% CI = 81.5, 82.9) of children and adolescents (0-17 years) had smoke-free homes, up from 38.0% (95% CI = 35.1, 40.9) in 1992.

Conclusions: California's advances highlight an important opportunity for tobacco control.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Air Pollution, Indoor / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Air Pollution, Indoor / prevention & control*
  • Air Pollution, Indoor / statistics & numerical data
  • California
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Family Characteristics
  • Health Promotion / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Housing / standards
  • Housing / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Middle Aged
  • Occupational Exposure / prevention & control*
  • Occupational Exposure / statistics & numerical data
  • Program Evaluation
  • Smoking Cessation / ethnology
  • Smoking Cessation / statistics & numerical data*
  • Social Control Policies / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Tobacco Smoke Pollution / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Tobacco Smoke Pollution / prevention & control*
  • Tobacco Smoke Pollution / statistics & numerical data
  • Workplace / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Workplace / statistics & numerical data

Substances

  • Tobacco Smoke Pollution