COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Orders and Secondhand Smoke in Public Housing.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study aimed to better understand the inequitable impact of the pandemic by examining the associations between stay-at-home orders and indoor smoking in public housing, measured by ambient particulate matter at the 2.5-micron threshold, a marker for secondhand smoke.

Methods

Particulate matter at the 2.5-micron threshold was measured in 6 public-housing buildings in Norfolk, VA from 2018 to 2022. Multilevel regression was used to compare the 7-week period of the Virginia stay-at-home order in 2020 with that period in other years.

Results

Indoor particulate matter at the 2.5-micron threshold was 10.29 μg/m³ higher in 2020 (95% CI=8.51, 12.07) than in the same period in 2019, a 72% increase. Although particulate matter at the 2.5-micron thres

SUBMITTER: Gehlert S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9984233 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature