Cancer Trends Progress Report -

Summary Table: Prevention – Secondhand Smoke

Only one measure per topic is displayed in the summary table. A complete set of measures, where they exist, can be found in the report.

Trend key:		solid green - headed in the right direction
		dotted red - headed in the wrong direction
		dashed black - stable or non-significant change (NSC)

	Environmental tobacco smoke 1988-2004	Smoke-free work environment 1992-2003	Smoke-free indoor air laws 1990-2007
Measure	Percentage of nonsmokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke.	Percentage of workers aged 18 years and older reporting a smoke-free work environment.	Percentage of the population protected by local and state smoke-free indoor air laws in the workplace.
Trend	Falling, then NSC	Rising	Rising, then NSC
Desired direction	Falling	Rising	Rising
Most recent estimate	The estimate of U.S. nonsmokers aged 4 years and older exposed to secondhand smoke in 2003–2004 was 47 percent.	In 2003, 78 percent of the workforce aged 18 years and older reported that there was a smoke-free policy at their workplace.	As of October 2007, 21 states and the District of Columbia have passed comprehensive clean indoor air laws that require workplaces, including restaurants, to be smoke-free; some jurisdictions' laws also include bars.
Healthy People 2010 target	Reduce the proportion of nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke to 63 percent.	Increase the proportion of persons covered by indoor worksite policies that prohibit smoking to 100 percent.	Increase to 51 the number of jurisdictions (50 states and the District of Columbia) with smoke-free indoor air laws for public places and work sites.
More information	Secondhand Smoke