Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Middle and High School Students—Texas, 2001

Overall, 73% of students who had ever used any tobacco product reported SHS exposure, compared with 39.5% of youth who never used any tobacco product.
Over 90% of students with social sources of SHS exposure (i.e., lived with a cigarette smoker and had at least one close friend who smokes) reported SHS exposure compared to 30% of students without any social sources of SHS exposure.
Efforts that reduce SHS exposure in public places and at home are needed to decrease youth SHS exposure.
Effective strategies to reduce SHS exposure include 1) community policies, such as smoking bans and restrictions that limit SHS exposure; 2) interventions to decrease youth tobacco initiation; and 3) interventions to promote tobacco-use cessation among youth and adults.

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