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- Title
Uneven Access to Smoke-Free Laws and Policies and Its Effect on Health Equity in the United States: 2000–2019.
- Authors
Hafez, Amy Y.; Gonzalez, Mariaelena; Kulik, Margarete C.; Vijayaraghavan, Maya; Glantz, Stanton A.
- Abstract
Tobacco control measures have played an important role in the reduction of the cigarette smoking prevalence among US adults. However, although overall smoking prevalence has declined, it remains high among many subpopulations that are disproportionately burdened by tobacco use, resulting in tobacco-related health disparities. Slow diffusion of smoke-free laws to rural regions, particularly in the South and Southeast, and uneven adoption of voluntary policies in single-family homes and multiunit housing are key policy variables associated with the disproportionate burden of tobacco-related health disparities in these subpopulations. Developing policies that expand the reach of comprehensive smoke-free laws not only will facilitate the decline in smoking prevalence among subpopulations disproportionately burdened by tobacco use but will also decrease exposure to secondhand smoke and further reduce tobacco-caused health disparities in the United States.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SOUTHERN States; NONSMOKING areas; HEALTH equity; SMOKING laws; MEDICAL policy -- History; HEALTH policy; PASSIVE smoking
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2019, Vol 109, Issue 11, p1568
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2019.305289