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Estimates of Smoking-Related Property Costs in California Multiunit Housing

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: We systematically evaluated smoking-related costs in multiunit housing. From 2008 to 2009, we surveyed California multiunit housing owners or managers on their past-year smoking-related costs and smoke-free policies. A total of 27.1% of respondents had incurred smoking-related costs (mean $4935), and 33.5% reported complete smoke-free policies, which lowered the likelihood of incurring smoking-related costs. Implementing statewide complete smoke-free policies may save multiunit housing property owners $ 18,094,254 annually.

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2011.300170

Authors: Michael K. Ong, Allison L. Diamant, Qiong Zhou, Hye-Youn Park, Robert M. Kaplan

Institutions: California Department of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: California Department of Public Health, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Cancer Institute

Award: AANCART: The National Center for Reducing Asian American Cancer Health Disparitie