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Effectiveness of an evidence-based intervention to promote tobacco smoke-free households: randomized controlled trial.

Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a mixture of smoke exhaled by a smoker and smoke from the lit end of a cigarette. Exposure to ETS is a major public health problem because it causes several life-threatening diseases , such as lung cancer, stroke (stroke), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and ischemic heart disease in adults. In addition, children exposed to ETS are at increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), acute respiratory infections, otitis media, and severe asthma. While smoking and exposure to ETS in most public places has been reduced by smoke-free regulations, ETS exposure in private places, such as homes, remains common and represents a significant public health challenge.

Currently, in Spain, smoking is allowed inside the home, which results in a very high percentage of smokers who smoke inside their home and a high burden of exposure to FAT for both adults and children . Furthermore, this situation has been exacerbated by COVID-19 restriction measures. In Spain, comprehensive and systematic support is not offered at national or local level to people who want to create smoke-free homes, which represents a significant gap in health prevention services. Therefore, there is a significant need to introduce effective interventions and offer them to the Spanish population.

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