Measure E5: Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Smoking in the Home

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• The percentage of children ages 6 and under regularly exposed to environmental tobacco smoke in the home decreased from 27 percent in 1994 to 11 percent in 2003.
• In 2004, an estimated 20.9 percent of adults were current smokers, down from 25.0 percent in 1993.¹

Related Measures:

• Cotinine in the Blood of Children
• Respiratory Illnesses

Healthy People 2010:

Objective 27-9 of Healthy People 2010 is to reduce the proportion of children who are regularly exposed to tobacco smoke at home.

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2005. Cigarette smoking among adults—United States, 2004. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 54 (44):1121-24.