Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2011, 8 3.6. SHS Avoidance Practices 4214 Furthermore, the findings of the avoidance subscale (Table 3) revealed that the majority of women (74.1%) will try to distance themselves from smokers to avoid the negative effects of SHS on health by choosing the responses “Almost Always True” or “Usually True” versus the responses “Usually Not True” and “Almost Never True”. On the other hand, the majority of women responded that they would allow people to smoke in their homes (75.1%) and will not leave a group of people if someone starts smoking in the group (79.9%). Although a majority (67.5%) of the participants would let people smoke in their car and would also (65.6%) join their family in a smoking areas, more than half (57.9%) report SHS to be offensive. Finally, the majority of respondents (71.7%) acknowledged that they are routinely associated with people who smoke. When summed to create a total score for the Avoidance of SHS subscale, the group mean was 48.7 (SD = 6.6) with total score means ranging from 25–70 points. The scoring method applied indicates that higher scores describe more avoidance behavior. Table 3. Findings from the avoidance of SHS exposure scale. 1. When I encounter someone who is smoking, I distance myself to unsure that I will not be exposed to smoke. 2. I allow people to smoke in my home. 3. If I am with a group of people, and someone begins to smoke, I will remain with the group. 4. If I encounter a friend or relative who is smoking, I will sit and talk with him/her while he/she is smoking. 5. When I am in public place such as restaurant or offices or clinic, I will leave if unable to sit in the nonsmoking section. 6. When I trip by bus, or any other public transportation I would request a nonsmoking seat. 7. When I trip by taxi I will ask the driver not to smoke. 8. I allow people smoking in my car. 9. If my husband, or friends or relatives are gathering in a designated smoking area to smoke, I will join them rather than be alone. 10. If I am with people who are smoking and I cannot leave, I will ask them to refine from smoking. 11. I will sit in the smoking section of an public place or bus station if there are no seats available elsewhere. 12. When an outdoor functions where smoking is present, I will move a way to avoid it. Almost always true (%) 26.3 21.5 22.5 19.6 13.4 11.5 14.4 13.4 11.5 11.5 13.4 14.8 Usually true (%) 47.8 53.6 57.4 55.0 41.1 23.9 27.3 54.1 54.1 43.1 52.2 56.5 Usually not true (%) 17.7 Not almost never true (%) 8.1 15.3 14.4 19.6 32.5 42.1 39.2 22.0 24.4 32.1 23.4 22.5 9.6 5.7 5.7 12.9 22.5 19.1 10.5 10.0 13.4 11.0 6.2