A Smoke-Free Community Housing Policy: Changes in Reported Smoking Behaviour—Findings from Waterloo Region, Canada
In 2010, Waterloo Region Housing (WRH) enacted a smoke-free (SF) housing policy that made all new leases in their community-housing portfolio SF. The findings from the WRH smoke-free policy evaluation suggest that smoke-free housing policies may help address health disparities that low income smokers face and that these policies may help change social norms around smoking.