ArticleJournal of community health2015
A Smoke-Free Community Housing Policy: Changes in Reported Smoking Behaviour-Findings from Waterloo Region, Canada.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial to Support Smoke-Free Policy Compliance in Public Housing
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Associations of smoke-free policies in multi-unit housing with smoking behavior and second-hand smoke exposure: A systematic review.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Pooled it
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- Public support for smoke-free policies in outdoor areas and (semi-)private places: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
- A Randomized Control Trial to support smoke-free policy compliance in public housing.Research square · 2023Article
- Residential secondhand smoke in a densely populated urban setting: a qualitative exploration of psychosocial impacts, views and experiences.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Smoking cessation intentions and attempts one year after the federally mandated smoke-free housing rule.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- Implementation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Smoke-Free Rule: A Socio-Ecological Qualitative Assessment of Administrator and Resident Perceptions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Self-Reported Exposure to Secondhand Smoke and Support for Complete Smoking Bans in Multiunit Housing Among Smokers in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.Preventing chronic disease · 2020Article
- The HUD smoke-free rule: Perceptions of residents post-implementation.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- 'If I pay rent, I'm gonna smoke': Insights on the social contract of smokefree housing policy in affordable housing settings.Health & place · 2019Observational
- Data Analysis and Visualization of Newspaper Articles on Thirdhand Smoke: A Topic Modeling Approach.JMIR medical informatics · 2019Article
- Smoke-free home initiative in Bantul, Indonesia: Development and preliminary evaluation.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2019Article
- Impact of smoke-free housing policy lease exemptions on compliance, enforcement and smoking behavior: A qualitative study.Preventive medicine reports · 2018Article
- Smoke-Free Multi-unit Housing Policies Show Promise in Reducing Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Racially and Ethnically Diverse, Low-Income Seniors.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2017Article
- Clearing the Air: Smoke-Free Housing Policies, Smoking, and Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Affordable Housing Residents in Minnesota, 2014-2015.Preventing chronic disease · 2016Article
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Abstract
In 2010, Waterloo Region Housing (Canada) enacted a smoke-free (SF) housing policy that made all new leases in their community-housing portfolio (2722 units) 100 % SF. Existing lease holders were 'grandfathered'-meaning tenants could still smoke in their homes. A survey to measure support for the policy and how the policy had impacted smoking behaviour was delivered to all 2722 households in the Waterloo Region Housing portfolio in 2010 (pre-policy), 2011 and 2013 (post-policy). The proportion of households that completed the survey was 26 % (n = 717) in 2010, 25 % (n = 685) in 2011, and 23 % (n = 619) in 2013. Support for the SF housing policy was 72 % pre-enactment (2010), and increased to 78 % in 2011 and 79 % in 2013; however, most smokers do not support the policy. In 2010, prior to the SF policy, 65 % of tenants who smoke reported someone smoked inside their home; in 2013 this was reduced to approximately half of smokers (52 %). In 2013, 44 % of smokers reported smoking outside more often than before the SF policy was enacted, almost half of tenants with a smoke-free lease (46 %) and more than a third of tenants who have a grandfathered lease (34 %) reported they smoke less since the smoke-free policy. There has been no significant change in the proportion of respondents (>50 %) who reported being exposed to second-hand smoke in their home. This SF housing policy is associated with increased reported outdoor smoking and reduced smoking. Smoke-free policies may support smokers interested in quitting.
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