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MMWR Highlights
Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Middle and High School Students — Texas,
2001
February 28, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. 7
Data specific to Secondhand Smoke Exposure (SHS) exposure in Texas:
- Overall, 73% of students who had ever used any tobacco product reported
SHS exposure, compared with 39.5% of youth who never used any tobacco product.
- Over 90% of students with social sources of SHS exposure (i.e., lived with
a cigarette smoker and had at least one close friend who smokes) reported SHS
exposure compared to 30% of students without any social sources of SHS
exposure.
- Efforts that reduce SHS exposure in public places and at home are needed
to decrease youth SHS exposure.
- Effective strategies to reduce SHS exposure include 1) community policies,
such as smoking bans and restrictions that limit SHS exposure; 2)
interventions to decrease youth tobacco initiation; and 3) interventions to
promote tobacco-use cessation among youth and adults.
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