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KMID : 1138720190450030047
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Korean Public Health Research
2019 Volume.45 No. 3 p.47 ~ p.57
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The effect of a smoke-free multi-family housing policy: focusing on apartment residents
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Hwang Ji-Eun
Cho Sung-Il
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Abstract
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Objective:Almost 70% of South Koreans live in multi-family housing, including apartment houses, row houses, and multi-household houses. For this reason, smoking in common areas, such as the hallways and stairways is a cause of conflicts and disputes among the residents. In order to solve this problem, the policy to designate certain spaces as non-smoking was implemented on September 3, 2016. If more than one-half of the building’s residents agree, the hallway, stairway, elevator, or underground parking lot, will be designated as a non-smoking area. The purpose of this study is to measure the policy awareness and satisfaction of the residents in apartment buildings with designated non-smoking areas and examine the factors that affect them.
Methods:A mobile survey notice was posted in four apartments. Apartment residents aged 19 and over were able to access the questionnaire by accessing the QR code on the notice. Through mobile surveys, policy awareness and satisfaction levels were measured regarding the perceived improvement of second-hand smoke in the buildings since the smoke-free areas were implemented.
Results:A total of 378 (male: 50.5%) participated in the mobile survey and 38 (10.1%) were current smokers. Of the respondents, 89.9% were aware that their apartment was smoke-free, and 78.3% of answered that they were satisfied with the designation of the apartments as smoke-free, while only 46.0% answered that they satisfied with the implementation of the policy. Both smokers and non-smokers reported that incursion of secondhand smoke was reduced in smoke free areas (smokers: 71.1% vs. nonsmokers: 70.0%) and other public areas (smokers: 52.6% vs. nonsmokers: 67.9%) (p>.05).
Conclusion:After the implementation of smoke-free apartments, most of the residents were satisfied with the policy. In addition, since residents feel that inclusion of secondhand smoke is decreasing not only in smoke-free areas, but also in other public areas, efforts are needed to further spread the policy nationwide.
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KEYWORD
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Smoking, Tobacco, Cigarette, Smoke free, Apartment
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