ResearchProjects

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) passed a rule that will require all public housing agencies to implement smoke free policies in their developments. This study evaluated the impact of the smoke free housing policy on environmental tobacco smoke exposure and health outcomes in the New York City Housing Authority, as well as examining the implementation process. Findings will inform strategies for optimizing implementation and impact in NYC and public housing associations nationally.

Abstract on NIH RePORTER

Anastasiou E, Gordon T, Wyka K, Tovar A,, Gill E, Rule AM, Elbel B, Kaplan S, Shelley D, Thorpe LE (2023).
Long-term trends in secondhand smoke exposure in high-rise housing serving low-income residents in New York City: Three-year evaluation of a federal smoking ban in public housing, 2018-2021
Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 25 (1), 164-169. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac202. PMCID: PMC9717387.

Titus AR, Mijanovich TN, Terlizzi K, Ellen IG, Anastasiou E, Shelley D, Wyka K, Elbel B, Thorpe LE (2023).
A matched analysis of the association between federally-mandated smoke-free housing policies and health outcomes among Medicaid-enrolled children in subsidized housing, 2015-2019, New York City
American Journal of Epidemiology, 192 (1), 25-33. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwac089. PMCID: PMC10175658.

Gill E, Anastasiou E, Tovar A, Shelley D, Rule A, Chen R, Thorpe LE, Gordon T (2022).
The effect of floor height on secondhand smoke transfer in multiunit housing
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (7), 3794. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19073794. PMCID: PMC8997625.

Jiang N, Gill E, Thorpe LE, Rogers ES, de Leon C, Anastasiou E, Kaplan SA, Shelley D (2021).
Implementing the federal smoke-free public housing policy in New York City: Understanding challenges and opportunities for improving policy impact
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (23), 12565. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182312565. PMCID: PMC8656672.

Thorpe LE, Anastasiou E, Wyka K, Tovar A, Gill E, Rule A, Elbel B, Kaplan SA, Jiang N, Gordon T, Shelley D (2020).
Evaluation of secondhand smoke exposure in New York City public housing after implementation of the 2018 federal smoke-free housing policy
JAMA Network Open, 3 (11), e2024385. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.24385. PMCID: PMC7645700.

Anastasiou E, Feinberg A, Tovar A, Gill E, Ruzmyn Vilcassim MJ, Wyka K, Gordon T, Rule AM, Kaplan S, Elbel B, Shelley D, Thorpe LE (2020).
Secondhand smoke exposure in public and private high-rise multiunit housing serving low-income residents in New York City prior to federal smoking ban in public housing, 2018
Science of the Total Environment, 704, 135322. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135322. PMCID: PMC6939143.

Anastasiou E, Chennareddy S, Wyka K, Shelley D, Thorpe LE (2020).
Self-reported secondhand marijuana smoke (SHMS) exposure in two New York City (NYC) subsidized housing settings, 2018: NYC Housing Authority and lower-income private sector buildings
Journal of Community Health, 45 (3), 635-639. doi: 10.1007/s10900-019-00783-x. PMCID: PMC7192787.

Cardozo RA, Feinberg A, Tovar A, Vilcassim MJR, Shelley D, Elbel B, Kaplan S, Wyka K, Rule AM, Gordon T, Thorpe LE (2019).
A protocol for measuring the impact of a smoke-free housing policy on indoor tobacco smoke exposure
BMC Public Health, 19 (1), 666. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7043-3. PMCID: PMC6543633.