Telephone-assisted placement of air nicotine monitors to validate self-reported smoke-free home policies

The use of a telephone assisted protocol for placing, removing and returning air nicotine monitors is found to be a feasible validation method. Moreover, despite the variability of air nicotine concentrations in rooms reported to be smoke-free vs rooms where smoking was allowed, there were significa...

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Published inPublic health (London) Vol. 127; no. 4; pp. 342 - 344
Main Authors Berg, C.J, Bundy, L, Escoffery, C, Haardörfer, R, Kegler, M.C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2013
Subjects
Adult
Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis
Bans
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Feasibility Studies
Female
Health Policy
Humans
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Male
Middle Aged
Nicotine
Nicotine - analysis
Poverty - statistics & numerical data
Reproducibility of Results
Self Report
Smoking
Telephone
Telephones
Tobacco Smoke Pollution - prevention & control
Validation
Variability
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Summary:The use of a telephone assisted protocol for placing, removing and returning air nicotine monitors is found to be a feasible validation method. Moreover, despite the variability of air nicotine concentrations in rooms reported to be smoke-free vs rooms where smoking was allowed, there were significant differences, suggesting that the telephone assisted placement methods were effective. [Copyright Elsevier B.V.]
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ISSN:0033-3506
1476-5616
DOI:10.1016/j.puhe.2013.01.002