Health Outcomes

Health Outcome List:

• Not available

Environmental Agents

List of Environmental Agents:

• Air pollutants (secondhand tobacco smoke)

Source of Environmental Agents:

• Not available

Economic Evaluation / Methods and Source

Type:

• Cost Analysis (CA)

Cost Measures:

• Healthcare costs related to secondhand smoke
• costs of renovation of units that permit smoking
• smoking-attributable fire costs

Potential Cost Measures:

• Societal costs associated with smoking
• long-term healthcare costs
• time lost because of illness
• costs associated with investment of money or staff time to implement and enforce smoke free policies

Benefits Measures:

• Not available

Potential Benefits Measures:

• Benefits associated with smokers who quit due to smoke free policies

Location:

• United States (excluding Alaska)

Models Used:

• Not available

Models References:

• Not available

Methods Used:

• The authors estimated annual cost savings associated with secondhand-smoke related health care, renovation of units that permit smoking, and smoking-attributable fires in all U.S. subsidized housing. The authors — 1) used residency estimates and previously reported national and state cost estimates for these indicators; 2) applied a price deflator to account for differential costs of living or pricing across states; and 3) performed a sensitivity analysis to develop a range around each cost estimate.

Sources Used:

• National Health Interview Survey (CDC, 2009); Vital signs: current cigarette smoking among adults aged ≥18 years—U.S. 2009 (CDC 2010); Top 50 States. Cost of living by state (www.top50states.com/cost-of-living-by-state.html); Resident characteristic report as of March 31, 2012 (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development); The National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS): a resource for assessing exposure to environmental pollutants (Klepeis et al., 2001); 2006-2007 tobacco use supplement to the current population survey (National Cancer Institute); How much does secondhand smoke cost a landlord? (Smoke-Free Housing Coalition of Maine); The total cost of fire in the United States (National Fire Protection Association, Fire Analysis and Research Division, 2010); Home structure fires (National Fire Protection Association, Fire Analysis and Research Division, 2010); additional sources cited in publication

Economic Citation / Fundings

Citation:

• King BA, Peck RM, and Babb SD. Cost savings associated with prohibiting smoking in U.S. subsidized housing. Am J Prev Med. 2013. 44; 6.
• Pubmed
• DOI

NIEHS Funding:

• Not available

Other Funding:

• There were no sources of direct or indirect funding for the reported research.