Table 4.

Health impact assessment of ETS exposure for asthma in children younger than 14 years of age in European countries

^aSmoking prevalence modeled by using the formula: any parental smoking = male smoking prevalence + female smoking prevalence − (male smoking prevalence * female smoking prevalence)

^bSmoking prevalence from Global Youth Tobacco Survey database. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US). Smoking and tobacco use: global tobacco control: global tobacco surveillance system: Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) [cited 2010 Jan 20]. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/global/gyts/index.htm

ETS = environmental tobacco smoke

PAF = population-attributable fraction

CI = confidence interval

TFYR = The Former Yugoslav Republic