California has long been a national leader in efforts to end the tobacco epidemic, adopting state and local policies to support tobacco-free communities. While the state as a whole has made significant progress over the past three decades in reducing rates of cigarette smoking, progress across some California communities has been uneven.
In a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR), researchers examined how statewide variations in local tobacco policies have left some Californians more vulnerable to the harms of tobacco. Their investigation provides first-of-its-kind information on inequities in tobacco control policy protection across populations disproportionately impacted by tobacco, including racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities; low-income, rural, or multiunit housing residents; and people living in neighborhoods with high concentrations of low-income or minoritized populations.
In this webinar, researchers shared findings from the study - which uses data from the 2014-2019 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) and existing state, county, and city tobacco control policies and neighborhood-level data on social drivers of health - and discussed some of the disparities in local tobacco policies and their effects on smoking behaviors.
They also discussed insights from a series of focus groups and interviews with community members, including parents, young adults, students, tobacco control professionals, public health administrators, volunteer organizations, and policymakers, and provide policy recommendations to address tobacco-related inequities in California.
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The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) is one of the nation's leading health policy research centers and the premier source of health policy information for California. UCLA CHPR is home to the California Health Interview Survey, the largest state health survey in the nation, which interviews more than 20,000 Californians each year on a broad range of health topics.
Established in 1994, UCLA CHPR is based in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and affiliated with the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research improves the public's health by advancing health policy through research, public service, community partnership, and education.
5 сен 2024
