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Home Smoking Restrictions Among Koreans in Seoul

Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, shughes{at}projects.sdsu.edu

Isabel A. Corcos, MPH, PhD

Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health

C. Richard Hofstetter, PhD

Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Political Science San Diego State University, San Diego, California

Melbourne F. Hovell, MPH, PhD

Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health

Veronica L. Irvin, MPH

Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health

Hae Ryun Park, PhD

Department of Food and Nutrition, Myongji University

Hee Young Paik, ScD

Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University Seoul, Republic of Korea

Ding M. Ding, BS

Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health

The prevalence and correlates of home smoking bans in the Republic of Korea were examined using population-based data from telephone interviews with 500 Seoul adult residents in 2002. Most (97%) respondents indicated that they smoked, or that their spouse, other family member, or a regular friend smoked. Nearly all indicated that environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is harmful. Only 19% of homes banned smoking, 65% allowed smoking anywhere, and 16% allowed smoking by special guests or in certain areas. The odds of having a full ban were significantly greater for men, married individuals, those less than 35 years or more than 50 years of age, non-smokers, individuals whose nonspouse family members did not smoke, and individuals with more sources of anti-ETS messages. Home smoking bans should be promoted by media campaigns and other tobacco control activities, because knowledge of the effects of ETS was already high.

Key Words: environmental tobacco smoke exposure • household • Korean • secondhand smoke • smoking restriction • smoking ban

This version was published on January 1, 2009

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, Vol. 21, No. 1, 63-70 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1010539508327029


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