Gursoy Safak Taner, Soyer Meral Turk, Ocek Zeliha, Ciceklioglu Meltem, Aksu Feride
Department of Public Health, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2008 Jul-Sep;9(3):467-72.
Children are at greater risk than adults to the effects of inhaling environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) especially in their homes. The aim of this study was to assess parents' knowledge regarding the risks of ETS to the health of their children and the barriers to reducing children's ETS exposure.
Qualitative research was performed for 50 households in which children were to exposed ETS were selected randomly from the questionnaire respondents for home-based interview. We conducted a total of 53 home-based interviews and collected information from parents regarding their knowledge of ETS effects, smoking behavior at home, barriers to quitting smoking or reducing ETS exposure, social attitudes toward parents who ban smoking, and the impact of the smoke-free legislation.
Passive smoking was not a well recognized term but parents recognized that it causes harmful health effects. Some parents reported that their health care professionals did not inform them about the dangers of ETS. Parents restricted smoking in their homes, with a range of spatial restrictions which were frequently modified by family relation factors and the desire to be seen to act in socially and morally acceptable ways. The meaning of hospitality as social habits and traditions were important underlying factors.
Knowledge levels, relationships with family and friends and the social and cultural context in which families live play important roles in the management of smoke exposure in Turkish homes. Despite these factors, awareness of the risks of ETS and smoke free legislation can provide opportunities to support people attain smoke-free homes.
儿童比成人更容易受到吸入环境烟草烟雾（ETS）的影响，尤其是在家庭环境中。本研究的目的是评估家长对ETS对其子女健康风险的了解情况以及减少儿童ETS暴露的障碍。
对50户有儿童暴露于ETS的家庭进行定性研究，这些家庭是从问卷受访者中随机挑选出来进行家庭访谈的。我们总共进行了53次家庭访谈，并从家长那里收集了有关他们对ETS影响的了解、在家中的吸烟行为、戒烟或减少ETS暴露的障碍、社会对禁止吸烟的家长的态度以及无烟立法的影响等信息。
被动吸烟并非一个广为人知的术语，但家长们认识到它会对健康造成有害影响。一些家长报告说，他们的医疗保健专业人员没有告知他们ETS的危害。家长们在家中限制吸烟，有一系列空间限制，这些限制经常因家庭关系因素以及希望以社会和道德上可接受的方式行事的愿望而改变。好客作为社会习惯和传统的意义是重要的潜在因素。
知识水平、与家人和朋友的关系以及家庭所处的社会和文化背景在土耳其家庭烟雾暴露管理中起着重要作用。尽管存在这些因素，但对ETS风险的认识和无烟立法可以为支持人们实现无烟家庭提供机会。
