Small-Area Estimation of Smoke-Free Workplace Policies and Home Rules in US Counties.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The workplace and home are sources of exposure to secondhand smoke, a serious health hazard for nonsmoking adults and children. Smoke-free workplace policies and home rules protect nonsmoking individuals from secondhand smoke and help individuals who smoke to quit smoking. However, estimated population coverages of smoke-free workplace policies and home rules are not typically available at small geographic levels such as counties. Model-based small-area estimation techniques are needed to produce such estimates.

Methods

Self-reported smoke-free workplace policies and home rules data came from the 2014-2015 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey. County-level design-based estimates of the two measures were computed and linked to county-level rele

SUBMITTER: Liu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8517964 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature