Investigating changes in parents’ perceptions and attitudes of smoking in the home after a second hand smoke educational intervention in nurseries

Exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) has negative consequences in children. There is a strong link between cigarette smoking and socio-economic groups, children from more deprived areas are at a higher risk of exposure to SHS in their home. A previous study in Lothian1 aimed to raise awareness of SHS with parents and carers of primary aged children and the associated health risks of smoking in their homes/cars. This was achieved in partnership with primary schools who produced materials and delivered activities to the children. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde2 used a storybook to demonstrate the associated health risks of SHS and the association between primary school-based approaches to health behaviours and behaviour change. This study follows on from these studies and examines parents/carers experiences' after the storybook was adapted by NHS Forth Valley for use in nurseries as a SHS intervention for parents/carers of nursery aged children in Clackmannanshire. Parents/carers (current smokers or ex-smokers who had stopped smoking