ArticleTobacco regulatory science2017
Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Smoke-free Policy in Philadelphia Public Housing.
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- 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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- Mitigating Home Environmental Asthma Triggers in Subsidized Housing: Experiences of Caregivers and Healthcare Workers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Cotinine-Measured Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Federal Housing Assistance Recipients Without Active Tobacco or Nicotine Use in the United States: NHANES, 2007-2018.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- 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
- Invited Commentary: Use of Epidemiologic Methods to Guide Comprehensive and Equitable Approaches to Policy.American journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Long-Term Trends in Secondhand Smoke Exposure in High-Rise Housing Serving Low-Income Residents in New York City: Three-Year Evaluation of a Federal Smoking Ban in Public Housing, 2018-2021.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- The Effect of Floor Height on Secondhand Smoke Transfer in Multiunit Housing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Implementing the Federal Smoke-Free Public Housing Policy in New York City: Understanding Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Policy Impact.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Evaluation of Secondhand Smoke Exposure in New York City Public Housing After Implementation of the 2018 Federal Smoke-Free Housing Policy.JAMA network open · 2020Article
- 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
- The Role of Environmental Controls in Managing Asthma in Lower-Income Urban Communities.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2019Review
- 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
- Time to Track Health Outcomes of Smoke-Free Multiunit Housing.American journal of preventive medicine · 2018Article
- In-Home Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Urban Children With Asthma: Contrasting Households With and Without Residential Smokers.Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMPObservational
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Abstract
objectivesMulti-unit housing environments remain significant sources of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure, especially for vulnerable populations in subsidized housing. In Philadelphia, the largest US housing authority to implement smoke-free policies, we measured baseline resident smoking-related behaviors and attitudes, and longitudinal exposures to airborne nicotine, during policy development and implementation.
methodsIn 4 communities, we collected data in 2013, 2014, and 2016, before and after introduction of comprehensive smoke-free policies, interviewing persons in 172 households, and monitoring air-borne nicotine in non-smoking homes and public areas. Average nicotine level differences across years were estimated with multi-level models.
resultsFifty-six percent of respondents smoked. Only 37% of households were smoke-free, with another 41% restricting smoking by area or time of day. The number of locations with detectable nicotine did not differ before and after policy implementation, with approximately 20% of non-smoking homes and 70%-80% of public areas having detectable nicotine. However, public area nicotine levels were lower in 2016, after policy implementation, than in 2013 and 2014 (-0.19 μg/m
conclusionsFindings suggest that initial policy implementation was associated with reduced SHS exposure in Philadelphia. As HUD strengthens smoke-free policies, SHS monitoring can be useful to educate stakeholders and build support for policy enforcement.
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