Carmen C W Lim, Brienna Rutherford, Coral Gartner, Caitlin McClure-Thomas, Shaun Foo, Fang-Yi Su, Roman Scheurer, Susy Sebayang, Gary Chan, Daniel Stjepanović, Fitri Fausiah, Ghea Farassania, Janni Leung
BACKGROUND: Second-hand smoking (SHS) increases the risk of chronic disease in adults and poses a serious health threat to children. Mass media campaigns are instrumental in raising awareness and reducing SHS exposure. There is a need to identify recent SHS mass media campaigns and assess their sustainability in terms of knowledge, attitudes, and behavioural changes. This systematic review summarises the characteristics and outcomes of mass media campaigns on SHS prevention. METHODS: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and grey literature were searched in November 2022 for SHS campaigns implemented between 2016 and 2022...
March 4, 2024: BMC Public Health