Figure 1.6.1

Percentage of adults who never smoked and were residing in US public housing with exposure to secondhand smoke by health condition, 2011

Exposure to secondhand smoke is high among adults living in public housing, which is associated with increased lung cancer, heart disease, and asthma morbidity/mortality.

Results are presented for two serum cotinine limits of detection (LODs): 0.05 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL) and 0.015 ng/mL.

Lung cancer morbidity/mortality

Heart disease morbidity/mortality

Asthma morbidity/mortality

Footnote

The 2010 National Health Interview Survey was used for proportion of adult public housing never smokers. The national percentage of current nonsmokers with detectible serum cotinine levels who participated in the 2007–2008 and 2009–2010 cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) was used to estimate the proportion of adults and children exposed to SHS.

Source

Mason J, Wheeler W, Brown MJ. The economic burden of exposure to secondhand smoke for child and adult never smokers residing in US public housing. Public Health Rep. 2015 May-Jun;130(3):230-44.