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Cancer Trends Progress Report – 2011/2012 Update

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Director's Message
Report Highlights
Introduction
Trends-at-a-Glance
Summary Tables
Prevention
Smoking
Clinicians’ Advice to Quit Smoking
Medicaid Coverage of Tobacco Dependence Treatments
Diet
Weight and Physical Activity
Sun Protection
Secondhand Smoke
Chemical Exposures
Tobacco Company Marketing Expenditures
Early Detection
Breast and Cervical Cancers
Colorectal Cancer
Diagnosis
Treatment
Bladder, Breast, Colorectal
Kidney, Lung, Ovarian, Prostate
Life After Cancer
End of Life
Prevention
Early Detection
Diagnosis
Treatment
Life After Cancer
End of Life


Summary Table: Prevention – Secondhand Smoke

Only one measure per topic is displayed in the summary table. A complete set of measures, where they exist, can be found in the report.

Trend key: green - headed in the right direction
  red - headed in the wrong direction
  black - stable or non-significant change (NSC)
  blue - Healthy People 2020 target


  Environmental tobacco smoke
1988–2008
Smoke-free work environment
1992–2010
Smoke-free home environment
1992–2010
Smoke-free indoor air laws
1990–2011
Measure Percentage of nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS), also known as environmental tobacco smoke. (The percentage of nonsmokers aged 3 years and older with a serum cotinine level greater than 0.05 ng/mL less than or equal to 10 ng/mL). Percentage of indoor workers reporting a smoke-free work environment. Percentage of respondents reporting a smoke-free home policy. environment. Percentage of the population protected by local and state smoke-free indoor air laws covering workplaces, restaurants, and bars. (Example: workplaces).
Recent summary trend* Non-significant change
2004–2008
Rising
2003–2010
Non-significant change
2003–2010
Rising
2007–2011
Desired direction
Falling 
Rising 
Rising
Rising 
Trend details Falling, then
non-significant change, then falling, then
non-significant change
Rising



Rising, then
non-significant change


Non-significant change, then rising


Most recent estimate During the period 2007-2008, the estimate of U.S. nonsmokers aged 3 years and older currently exposed to SHS is 41 percent (males - 44 percent, females - 39 percent). In May 2010, 81 percent of indoor workers aged 18 years and older reported that a smoke-free policy was in place at their workplace, with 78 percent of men and 84 percent of women reporting the presence of such a policy. During the period 2007-2010, 84 percent of adults aged 18 years and older (men - 83 percent, women - 85 percent) reported a smokefree home environment. As of October 2011, there were 31 states, as well as Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., that had laws that provide complete or nearly complete protection from SHS.
Healthy People 2020 target Reduce the proportion of children aged 3-11 years who are regularly exposed to tobacco smoke 47 percent. Reduce the proportion of children aged 12-17 years who are regularly exposed to tobacco smoke to 41 percent. Reduce the proportion of nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke to 33.8 percent. Increase the proportion of persons covered by indoor worksite policies that prohibit smoking to 100 percent. Increase the proportion of persons covered by indoor worksite policies that prohibit smoking to 100 percent. Increase to 51 the number of jurisdictions (50 states and the District of Columbia) with smoke-free indoor air laws for public places and work sites.
More information Secondhand Smoke

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* Summary trend (generally 5 most recent years) as characterized by the Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC).

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