Developing a brief measure of smoking in the home: Description and preliminary evaluation

We describe a self-report measure of household smoking exposure and its relationship to ambient nicotine levels as measured by a passive nicotine monitor. Thirty-nine participants placed a passive nicotine monitor in their home for a 7-day period and completed a retrospective household smoking quest...

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Published in:Addictive behaviors 1998-07, Vol.23 (4), p.567-571
Main Authors: Glasgow, Russell E., Foster, Lyn S., Lee, Michael E., Hammond, S.Katharine, Lichtenstein, Edward, Andrews, Judy A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Humans
Indoor air quality
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nicotine - adverse effects
Nicotine - analysis
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Smoking
Techniques and methods
Tobacco smoke
Tobacco Smoke Pollution - adverse effects
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Summary:We describe a self-report measure of household smoking exposure and its relationship to ambient nicotine levels as measured by a passive nicotine monitor. Thirty-nine participants placed a passive nicotine monitor in their home for a 7-day period and completed a retrospective household smoking questionnaire. The composite index from the household smoking questionnaire was strongly correlated with air nicotine concentration ( r = .74, p < .01). The household smoking questionnaire appears to be a convenient low-response cost method of assessing indoor smoke exposure.
ISSN:0306-4603
1873-6327
DOI:10.1016/S0306-4603(98)00008-2