Paternal smoking and increased risk of infant and under-5 child mortality in Indonesia
Semba, R.D.; de Pee, S.; Sun, K.; Best, C.M.; Sari, M.; Bloem, M.W.
American Journal of Public Health 98(10): 1824-1826
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 1541-0048 PMID: 18309124 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2007.119289Document Number: 329970
We examined the relationship between paternal smoking and child mortality. Among 361,021 rural and urban families in Indonesia, paternal smoking was associated with increased infant mortality (rural, odds ratio [OR] = 1.30; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.24, 1.35; urban, OR = 1.10; 95% CI = 1.01, 1.20), and under-5 child mortality (rural, OR = 1.32; 95% CI = 1.26, 1.37; urban, OR = 1.14; 95% CI = 1.05, 1.23). Paternal smoking diverts money from basic necessities to cigarettes and adversely affects child health; tobacco control should therefore be considered among strategies to improve child survival.