Health at risk: policies are needed to end cigarette, marijuana, and e-cigarette secondhand smoke in multi-unit housing in Los Angeles
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Health policy brief (UCLA Center for Health Policy Research)
- Author(s):
- Toy, Peggy, author Yount, Catherine, author Meng, Ying-Ying, author Zou, William, author Ventura, Jessica, author Do, Huongly K., author Pourat, Nadereh, author
- Contributor(s):
- UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Los Angeles, CA : UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, May 2020
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Housing Smoke-Free Policy Tobacco Smoke Pollution -- prevention & control Los Angeles United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The proportion of Californians reporting exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) from tobacco and marijuana and electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) vapor has grown over time, despite an increasing number of smoke-free local laws in the last 10 years. Residents of market-rate, privately owned multi-unit housing (MUH)--e.g., apartments--are particularly at risk of drifting SHS. In a 2019 study of 4,800 tenants and 176 MUH owners in the city of Los Angeles, we found that 49% of tenants reported exposure to drifting SHS, including SHS from tobacco (39%), marijuana (36%), and e-cigarettes (9%). Tenants who lived with children and those who had lived or were living with someone who had a chronic health condition were significantly more likely to report exposure to drifting SHS. The vast majority of tenants and owners supported policies that restricted smoking in MUH, with most supporting tobacco and marijuana policies. Yet support for smoke-free policies was mixed with strong concerns about enforcement of such policies. Our findings reveal the high level of SHS in MUH, gaps in existing voluntary smoke-free policies, and the need for a consistent implementation and enforcement plan to prevent exposure to SHS for all Los Angeles residents.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (9 pages, 1 unnumbered page))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101773749 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101773749