A randomized control trial to support smoke-free policy compliance in public housing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoke-free housing policies in multiunit housing are increasingly widespread interventions to reduce smoking and secondhand smoke exposure. Little research has identified factors that impede compliance with smoke-free housing policies in low-income multiunit housing and test corresponding solutions.

Methods

We are using an experimental design to test two compliance support interventions: (A) a "compliance through reduction (via relocation and reduction in personal smoking) and cessation" intervention targets households with smokers and involves support to shift smoking practices to areas beyond the apartment or building setting, reduce personal smoking, and deliver in-residence smoking cessation support services via trained peer educators and (B) a "compliance thr

SUBMITTER: Hernandez D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10463922 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature