Resumen de Estimates of Smoking- Related Property Costs in California Multiunit Housing.

Michael K. Ong, Allison L. Diamant, Qiong Zhou, Hye-Youn Park, Robert M. Kaplan

• We systematically evaluated smoking-related costs in multiunit housing. From 2008 to 2009, we surveyed California multiunit housing owners or managers on their past-year smoking-related costs and smoke-free policies. A total of 27.1% of respondents had incurred smoking- related costs (mean $4935), and 33.5% reported complete smoke-free policies, which lowered the likelihood of incurring smoking-related costs. Implementing statewide complete smoke-free policies may save multiunit housing property owners $18094254 annually. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]