Evaluating the implementation process of a citywide smoke-Free multiunit housing ordinance: Insights from community stakeholders

V.B. Yerger, R.S. Battle and R.S. Moore

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 10, 1889-1891

Abstract: We evaluated the implementation process of Richmond, California's citywide smoke-free multiunit housing ordinance. We conducted semistructured focus groups with multiunit housing tenants, owners, and managers. Residents understood the harms of secondhand smoke but lacked accurate information about the ordinance and questioned its enforceability. They shared concerns that the city lacked cessation resources for smokers wishing to quit because of the ordinance. To increase compliance with the ordinance, tenants, owners, and managers need accurate information.

Keywords: adult; aged; ancestry group; article; attitude to health; demography; female; housing; human; information processing; legal aspect; male; methodology; middle aged; passive smoking; smoking cessation; United States, Adult; Aged; California; Continental Population Groups; Female; Focus Groups; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Housing; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Residence Characteristics; Smoking Cessation; Tobacco Smoke Pollution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302075

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