ArticlePreventing chronic disease2016
Clearing the Air: Smoke-Free Housing Policies, Smoking, and Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Affordable Housing Residents in Minnesota, 2014-2015.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial to Support Smoke-Free Policy Compliance in Public Housing
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17 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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- Cigarette smoke-free home adoption attempts among formerly homeless adults living in permanent supportive housing.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Article
- A Randomized Control Trial to support smoke-free policy compliance in public housing.Research square · 2023Article
- A Matched Analysis of the Association Between Federally Mandated Smoke-Free Housing Policies and Health Outcomes Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children in Subsidized Housing, New York City, 2015-2019.American journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Assessing Smoke-Free Housing Implementation Approaches to Inform Best Practices: A National Survey of Early-Adopting Public Housing Authorities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Changes in Reported Secondhand Smoke Incursions and Smoking Behavior after Implementation of a Federal Smoke-Free Rule in New York State Federally Subsidized Public Housing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Dual and polytobacco use after a period of enforced tobacco cessation.Addictive behaviors · 2021Article
- 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
- Secondhand smoke exposure in public and private high-rise multiunit housing serving low-income residents in New York City prior to federal smoking ban in public housing, 2018.The Science of the total environment · 2020Article
- A qualitative study of the process of adoption, implementation and enforcement of smoke-free policies in privately-owned affordable housing.BMC public health · 2019Article
- A protocol for measuring the impact of a smoke-free housing policy on indoor tobacco smoke exposure.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Implementation and enforcement of smoke-free policies in public housing.Health education research · 2019Article
- 'If I pay rent, I'm gonna smoke': Insights on the social contract of smokefree housing policy in affordable housing settings.Health & place · 2019Observational
- Tobacco Use Worldwide: Legislative Efforts to Curb Consumption.Annals of global health · 2019Review
- Tobacco Use Worldwide: Legislative Efforts to Curb Consumption.Annals of global health · 2018Review
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Abstract
introductionDuring the past 30 years, local and state tobacco use control laws in the United States have helped reduce smoking prevalence and exposure to secondhand smoke, but progress among low socioeconomic populations has been slow. Implementing smoke-free housing policies in affordable housing may help address this issue. The purpose of our study was to assess how such policies affect smoking rates and exposure to secondhand smoke among residents of affordable housing.
methodsWe conducted a pretest-posttest longitudinal study of 180 residents from 8 affordable housing properties in Minnesota. Participating properties agreed to adopt a smoke-free housing policy covering indoor grounds, and 3 of these properties also prohibited smoking on all outdoor grounds. Policies were implemented with assistance from local public health departments and the Statewide Health Improvement Program. Participants completed surveys one month before policy implementation and 6 months postimplementation. Surveys assessed smoking, quit attempts, and indoor and outdoor secondhand smoke exposure.
resultsResults indicated a significant reduction in nonsmokers' indoor exposure to secondhand smoke (F1,144 = 22.69, P < .001) and no change in outdoor exposure to secondhand smoke from Time 1 (pretest) to Time 2 (posttest) (F1,140 = 2.17, P = .14). However, when examining sites that only prohibited smoking indoors, we observed an increase in outdoor secondhand smoke exposure that approached significance (F1,118 = 3.76, P = .055). Results showed no change in quit attempts over time, but 77% of residents who smoked at pretest reported reducing the amount that they smoked at posttest, and an additional 5% reported that they had quit.
conclusionsSmoke-free housing policies may be an effective strategy to reduce exposure to indoor secondhand exposure and promote decreased cigarette smoking among residents of affordable housing.
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