Bhandari Yukti, Kishore Jugal, Yadav Abhilasha, Das Aritrik
Department of Community Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Department of Community Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2025 Jan-Feb;50(1):62-69. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_425_23. Epub 2024 Jun 24.
India contributes to the maximum of the world's health burdens attributable to tobacco use. Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is also associated with adverse health effects, causing 1.2 million deaths worldwide each year. In Delhi, 28.0% had SHS exposure at public places. About one-fifth experienced exposure to SHS at workplace. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of SHS exposure among adults in an urbanized village in Delhi.
It was a community-based cross-sectional house-to-house survey conducted between January 2020 and June 2021 in Aliganj, an urbanized village in Delhi. A total of 490 residents ≥15 years were included using simple random sampling. The interview was conducted by the primary author using the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS). Each subject enrolled in the study was explicitly informed of the purpose of the study by the investigator and provided written informed consent before enrolment. Data were checked for errors, entered in Microsoft Excel, and analyzed in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).
Of the 490 participants, 14.7% were exposed to SHS in their house and 16.1% were exposed to SHS outside the house in the last 1 month. The majority (85.3%) believed secondhand smoking is harmful, 6.5% disagreed, and the rest were unaware.
Though most participants knew that exposure to SHS can cause serious illness, further awareness sessions need to be conducted to improve knowledge and understanding and reduce exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke in homes. Strict adherence to no-smoking policies should be implemented as per law to reduce exposure to SHS in public areas.
在全球因烟草使用导致的健康负担中，印度占比最大。接触二手烟（SHS）也会对健康产生不良影响，每年在全球造成120万人死亡。在德里，28.0%的人在公共场所接触过二手烟。约五分之一的人在工作场所接触过二手烟。本研究旨在确定德里一个城市化村庄中成年人二手烟暴露的患病率。
这是一项基于社区的逐户横断面调查，于2020年1月至2021年6月在德里的一个城市化村庄阿里根杰进行。采用简单随机抽样，共纳入490名年龄≥15岁的居民。访谈由第一作者使用全球成人烟草调查（GATS）进行。研究的每位受试者在入组前均由研究者明确告知研究目的，并提供书面知情同意书。数据经检查有无错误后，录入Microsoft Excel，并在社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）中进行分析。
在490名参与者中，14.7%的人在过去1个月内在家中接触过二手烟，16.1%的人在户外接触过二手烟。大多数人（85.3%）认为二手烟有害，6.5%的人不同意，其余人则不知情。
尽管大多数参与者知道接触二手烟会导致严重疾病，但仍需进一步开展宣传活动，以提高认识和理解，并减少家庭中二手烟草烟雾的接触。应依法严格执行无烟政策，以减少公共场所二手烟的接触。
