Health New Zealand 14 July 2004 1

Smokefree homes are the key to reducing adolescent smoking,and reducing parental smoking

Murray Laugesen

Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand 14 July 2004 2

Smoking parents, smoky home and smoking at year 10 are inter-related

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NZ Manukau Waitemata Auckland

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Parents smoke

Smoky home

Yr 10 smokes

ASH year 10 survey 2003

Health New Zealand 14 July 2004 3

The more parents who smoke, the more students with smoky homes

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sm

oky

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mes

neither parent smokes

one smokes

both smoke

ASH year 10 survey 2003

Health New Zealand 14 July 2004 4

Regardless of parental smoking, a smokefree home protects adolescents from daily smoking

Smokefree home, parents don’t smoke 5% smoke daily at year 10

Smoky home, parents don’t smoke 19% smoke daily at year 10

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Smokefree home, one parent smokes 12% smoke daily at year 10

Smoky home, one parent smokes 19% smoke daily at year 10

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Smokefree home, both parents smoke 21% smoke daily at year 10

Smoky home, both parents smoke 32% smoke daily at year 10

Health New Zealand 14 July 2004 5

Regardless of parental smoking, a smokefree home protects adolescents from daily smoking

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12

2119 19

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1015

2025

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Neither One Both

Parental smoking

% Smokefree

Smoky

ASH Year 10 survey 2003

Health New Zealand 14 July 2004 6

Smokefree homes campaign

Smoke-free homes will:

• Will help smokers quit and cut down Richards D, et al. N Z Med J. 2003 May 2;116(1173):U417.

• Protects family from SHS • avoiding 15% excess mortality risk from heart disease, stroke

Hill, Blakely, Woodward BMJ 2004

• Is closely associated with adolescents not starting ASHNZ surveys 200-2003