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© 1993 Oxford University Press

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Children's Exposure to Parental Smoking in West Germany

HERMANN BRENNER* and ANDREAS MIELCK{dagger}

* University of Ulm, Unit of Epidemiology. Am Hochsträss 8 D-7900 Ulm, Germany
{dagger} GSF-Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Systemforschung (MEDIS) D-8042 Neuherberg, Germany

In this study, we derive national estimates of the prevalence of children's exposure to parental smoking in West Germany. The estimates are based on a national health survey conducted in 1987 and refer to those parents living in the same household as the child. Estimated prevalences of maternal smoking range from 18.9% among children aged 2 years to more than 30% among 2–5 and 6–13 year old children. Estimates of paternal smoking prevalence are considerably higher: 33.7% among children <2 years old and 43.1% and 46.8% among 2–5 and 6–13 year old children, respectively. The prevalence of at least one smoking household member was 49.9% among 2–5 year old children, while a clear majority of children aged <2 years (58.8%) and 6–13 (67.5%) were living in a household with at least one smoker. For all age groups, prevalence of maternal and paternal smoking was considerably higher among children of less-educated parents than among children of better-educated parents. Given the high prevalence of parental smoking and the association of parental smoking with a variety of respiratory diseases in children, a large proportion of these diseases could be prevented by efforts to reduce smoking among parents.

Received 1 March 1993


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