Newspaper coverage about smoking in leading Chinese newspapers in past nine years

developed countries such as USA (2.6 in 2006, US Census Bureau) and Japan (2.6 in 2005, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications). Thus, many nonsmoking household members may share indoor environments with smokers. The WHO FCTC is the first global public health treaty that the 166 WHO member states have already ratified. Article 8 of the WHO FCTC addresses the issue of protection from exposure to tobacco smoke in public places, however, there’s no statement on protection from domestic SHS. Despite the lack of biological data, our results clearly indicate that SHS exposure occurs in public places and also in households. For women and children in particular, the household likely represents the primary location of exposure. Public educational campaigns for smoke-free homes 8 are warranted in Southeast Asian countries, to protect women and children who remain exposed to SHS at home.