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Tobacco Industry Efforts to Respond to Smoke-Free Policies in Multi-Unit Housing: An Evaluation of Tobacco Industry Documents

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  • Joshua Miller

    (Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of Medicine San Francisco, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA)

  • Maya Vijayaraghavan

    (Division of General Internal Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA)

Abstract

The tobacco industry’s efforts to undermine clean indoor air policies in the hospitality industry, public spaces and workspaces is well documented, but less is known about their efforts to respond to the implementation of smoke-free policies in multi-unit housing (MUH). From 1988 to 2018, public and private multi-unit housing properties voluntarily implemented smoke-free polices in their buildings. We searched the UCSF’s Truth Tobacco Industry Documents Library to examine whether the tobacco industry responded to the implementation of these smoke-free policies in MUH using the same strategies they deployed to respond to smoke-free policies in other industries. We found that the tobacco industry used two primary strategies to respond to smoke-free policies in multi-unit housing: (1) distortion, which included funding studies that downplayed the link between SHS and asthma among low-income, inner-city MUH residents; and (2) deflection, which included engaging in corporate responsibility for youth living in low-income MUH. Despite these efforts, local jurisdictions continued to voluntarily implement smoke-free policies in MUH, pointing to a potential counter strategy to the tobacco industry influence.

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  • Joshua Miller & Maya Vijayaraghavan, 2022. "Tobacco Industry Efforts to Respond to Smoke-Free Policies in Multi-Unit Housing: An Evaluation of Tobacco Industry Documents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(5), pages 1-10, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:5:p:3053-:d:764767
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