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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2011 May;40(5):572–575. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.12.020

Table 1.

Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure by home/car smoking ban agreement

n Urine Cotinine
Reported SHS exposure in the home
Geometric M (95% CI) (ng/mL) Parent-reported zero exposure (%) Child -reported zero exposure (%)
Home smoking ban
 Agreement: ban 183 2.08 (1.90,2.28) 55.2 60.3
 Disagreement 71 3.72 (2.94,4.70) 28.2 38.0
 Agreement: no ban 116 5.90 (4.92,7.08) 19.0 24.6

F=57.01 χ2=43.36 χ2=38.77
p<0.001 p<0.001 p<0.001

n Urine Cotinine
Reported SHS exposure in the car
Geometric M (95% CI) (ng/mL) Parent-reported zero exposure (%) Child-reported zero exposure (%)

Car smoking ban
 Agreement: ban 95 1.93 (1.75,2.27) 98.9 97.9
 Disagreement 103 2.64 (2.27,3.09) 83.5 86.4
 Agreement: no ban 146 4.37 (3.74,5.09) 61.0 75.7

F=27.99 χ2=51.14 χ2=22.83
p<0.001 p<0.001 p<0.001