Exposure to Secondhand Smoke and Nicotine Dependence

Authors

Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, University of KentuckyFollow
Ellen J. Hahn, University of KentuckyFollow
Steven R. Browning, University of KentuckyFollow
Mary Kay Rayens, University of KentuckyFollow

Abstract

Background

• Nicotine dependence (ND) : “the smoking behavior accompanied by a reluctance to quit (Khurana, Batra, Patkar, & Leone, 2003).

• The US Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline ‘Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence’: A chronic condition that often requires repeated interventions (Office of the Surgeon General, 2000).

• Secondhand Smoke (SHS) is a potential source of exposure to high levels of nicotine. (Dimich-Ward, Gee, Brauer, Leung,1997)

• No current studies addressing the contribution of SHS to Nicotine Dependence (ND) or smoking behaviors

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

5-2005

Notes/Citation Information

A poster presentation at the 2005 National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Chicago.

Repository Citation

Okoli, Chizimuzo T.C.; Hahn, Ellen J.; Browning, Steven R.; and Rayens, Mary Kay, "Exposure to Secondhand Smoke and Nicotine Dependence" (2005). Nursing Presentations. 28.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/nursing_present/28