. 2015 Dec 10;31(1):24–35. doi: 10.1093/her/cyv066

Table III.

Actions to reduce SHS exposure at 3 months post-baseline and beliefs about SHS protection at 6 months-post baseline by ban status at time of data collection

Home smoking ban status at follow-up	Combined		Partial ban		No ban		P-value^c
Actions to reduce SHS exposure at 3 months^a	n = 293		n = 187		n = 106
Actions to reduce SHS exposure at 3 months^a	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Reminded smoker to go outside	2.60	1.11	2.86	1.05	2.13	1.07	<0.0001
Opened the window	3.02	1.08	3.22	1.00	2.66	1.14	<0.0001
Only smoked in certain rooms	3.11	1.05	3.40	0.83	2.58	1.18	<0.0001
Smoked near running fan	2.41	1.16	2.40	1.18	2.42	1.13	0.86
Only smoked indoors when no one is home	3.13	1.15	3.03	1.02	3.31	1.04	0.02
Only smoked indoors when the children were gone	3.02	1.08	2.98	1.06	3.09	1.11	0.41
Used quit smoking medication	1.46	0.81	1.49	0.84	1.42	0.72	0.46
Left the room to smoke	2.88	1.13	3.18	0.98	2.32	1.08	<0.0001
Left the room when smoker was smoking	2.47	1.21	2.75	1.17	2.34	1.12	0.004
Used air freshener	3.36	0.91	3.45	0.88	3.19	0.94	0.02
	n = 259		n = 170		n = 89
Beliefs about SHS protection at 6 months^b	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P-value
Banning smoking everywhere in your home except for one room	2.49	1.19	2.61	1.18	2.27	1.18	0.03
Using a humidifier	2.25	1.19	2.33	1.19	2.10	1.18	0.14
Smoking by an open window or door	2.56	1.03	2.64	1.02	2.43	1.05	0.12
Smoking near a running fan	1.78	1.00	1.73	1.01	1.87	0.99	0.30
Only smoking indoors when no one is home	2.09	1.18	2.04	1.13	2.19	1.27	0.33

^aResponse options: 1 = never to 4 = very often. ^bResponse options: 1 = not at all, 2 = a little, 3 = somewhat or 4 = a great deal. ^cIndependent t-tests.