Effects of a federal smoke-free housing policy on adverse birth outcomes among NYC public-housing residents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Identifying strategies to mitigate the effects of secondhand smoke exposure is crucial for public health. Thus, we estimated the effect of a 2018 federal smoke-free housing (SFH) policy on adverse birth outcomes among New York City (NYC) public-housing residents.

Methods

We obtained data on all live births to NYC residents in NYC from 2013 to 2022, using the borough-block-lot of the birthing person's address to identify births to public-housing residents. We then estimated the effect of the SFH policy on risk of preterm birth or low birth weight among births to NYC public-housing residents using a linear-probability difference-in-differences estimator, weighted by inverse probability weights to increase the plausibility of the parallel-trends assumption.

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SUBMITTER: Eisenberg-Guyot J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12468346 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature