A qualitative study of the process of adoption, implementation and enforcement of smoke-free policies in privately-owned affordable housing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Household smoke-free home rules cannot fully protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke (SHS) if they live in multi-unit housing (MUH). Instead, property-level smoke-free policies are needed to prevent SHS incursion into apartment units and to keep common areas smoke-free. Smoke-free policies are usually at the discretion of property management companies and owners within the context of market-rate and privately-owned affordable housing in the U.S.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews on the policy development, implementation and enforcement experiences of 21 different privately-owned affordable housing management companies were conducted with representatives from properties in North Carolina and Georgia who had established smoke-free policies before 2016.

Results<

SUBMITTER: Kegler MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6686249 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature