“It’s Worse to Breathe It Than to Smoke It”: Secondhand Smoke Beliefs in a Group of Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States

“It’s Worse to Breathe It Than to Smoke It”: Secondhand Smoke Beliefs in a Group of Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States

This analysis describes beliefs about secondhand smoke and its health effects held by Mexican and Central American immigrants in North Carolina. Data from 60 semistructured, in-depth interviews were subjected to saliency analysis. Participant discussions of secondhand smoke centered on four domains:...

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Main Authors: Thomas A. Arcury, Grisel Trejo, DaKysha Moore, Timothy D. Howard, Sara A. Quandt, Edward H. Ip, Joanne C. Sandberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
tobacco control and prevention
environmental tobacco smoke
minority health
health beliefs
ethnomedicine
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/22/8630

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