Household secondhand smoke exposure among community-dwelling cancer survivors in the United States.

Abstract

9568 Background: There is little extant data regarding the prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure among cancer survivors. We sought to estimate the prevalence of household secondhand smoke exposure, as well as its association with active smoking, among community-dwelling cancer survivors in the United States (US). Methods: We abstracted data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for 1,742 community dwelling adults, aged 20 years and older sampled nationwide from 2005-2012, who had survived at least 2 years since their first cancer diagnosis. We calculated the age-adjusted population-based prevalence of household secondhand smoke exposure. Multivariable logistic regression was utilized in examining the association between household secondhand smoke exposure and survivors’ smoking status while controlling for age, gender, race, marital status, education, income, having a regular source of routine care, and cancer site. Survey weights were applied in estimating the population-based pr...