Intervening Effects on Passive Smoking in Children of Xiamen City

Objective To seek the effective measures to control passive smoking of children,and investigate the passive smoking status and the consciousness of self-protect of child had been proceeded. Methods Adopt the stratified random samples with the investigation questionnaire created by health department,in 3 high schools,5 primary schools and 3 nursery school in Xiamen City,put in practice the baseline investigation and evaluation. Results The child′s passive smoking rate exceeded 57.0%,and the child′s passive smoking rate had no change after adopting the intervention measure.The main place of passive smoking is in the family,the next is in public places and bus.After the intervention,the knowledge about the danger of passive smoking has been improved greatly.And the rate,that parents take some measures to prevent children from passive smoking,has increased,too . Conclusion In Xiamen,the rate of passive smoking in children is still high.In order to gain the best result,only the health education in the school is not enough.The government should realize the importance completely,and put into practice about'No Smoking’in public places,and take on more effective methods of health education in school,to tell children how to protect themselves from passive smoking.How to avoid passive smoking for child,there are two effective methods,publicizing the danger of smoking and passive smoking in community and establishing the'no smoking’family.