European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Introduction: Second-hand smoke is formed from the burning of smoking products and the smoke exhaled by the smokers. Worldwide, a large proportion of children, male and female non-smokers are exposed to the second-hand smoke at home. Exposure to second-hand smoke resulted in the occurrence of several diseases such as ischaemic heart disease, lower respiratory infections, asthma and lung cancer, and even death. With the growing scientific evidences for the hazard of Second-hand smoke, many countries have taken stringent action to reduce Second-hand smoke exposure through legislation and health education, and have achieved significant improvements. Materials and methods: This is a prospective and cross-sectional study conducted in the Department of Community Medicine at Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital over a period of 1 year; we objectively assessed SHS exposure concentrations. A predesigned, pretested semi structured interview schedule was prepared and translated into the local language. We used two measures of SHS: exposure to SHS at home and exposure to SHS in the workplace. SHS exposure at home is estimated for non-smokers who reported anyone smoking inside his/her home. Exposure to SHS in the workplace is estimated for non-smokers who reported anyone smoking in the workplace in the past 30 days before the survey. Result: In this study shows the demographic predictors of SHS at home and workplace. At home and workplace, the SHS exposure was higher among male (89%) as compared to female (11%), whereas at home, the SHS exposure was higher among male (82.5%) as compared to female (17.5%) and at workplace, the SHS exposure was higher among male (90.9%) as compared to female (9.1%). Distribution of Age group of persons exposed to second‑hand smoke at home and workplace, the exposure was highest in 25–44 years old (52.7%) while lowest years old have exposure to SHS as compared to other age group categories. Distribution of Residence of persons exposed to second‑hand smoke at home and workplace at urban area (62.7%) as compared to rural settings (37.2%). The high-grade education category was (30.9%) had the highest exposure to SHS at the workplace in contrast to other categories. The Retired and unemployed occupation category (3.6%) had the highest exposure to SHS analogous to other occupation categories. Conclusion: Current smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke among internal migrants in India is high. Socio-demographic characteristics and migration status were strongly associated with current smoking and second-hand smoke exposure. We recommend specifically targeted tobacco control interventions to help to address these risk factors.