Cost Savings Associated with Prohibiting Smoking in U.S. Subsidized Housing
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Cost savings associated with prohibiting smoking in U.S. subsidized housing.
BACKGROUND Tobacco smoking in multiunit housing can lead to secondhand-smoke (SHS) exposure among nonsmokers, increased maintenance costs for units where smoking is permitted, and fire risks. During 2009-2010, approximately 7.1 million individuals lived in subsidized housing in the U.S., a large proportion of which were children, elderly, or disabled. PURPOSE This study calculated the annual ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0749-3797
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.01.024