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Board hearing spotlights health harms from drifting secondhand smoke and enforcement gaps in multiunit housing
Summary
UCSF and DPH experts described health harms from tobacco, e‑cigarette aerosol and cannabis smoke and pilot results showing voluntary smoke‑free homes can increase cessation; supervisors signaled intent to explore legislation while emphasizing protections against eviction or punitive enforcement.
At the Jan. 21 Public Safety & Neighborhood Services Committee hearing, UCSF researchers and San Francisco Department of Public Health staff presented evidence on the health impacts of secondhand smoke—cigarette smoke, e‑cigarette aerosol and cannabis smoke—and explained local policy and enforcement gaps related to multiunit housing.
Dr. Maya Vijayaraghavan of UCSF summarized research showing secondhand exposure increases risks for lung and heart disease, highlighted disparities (African American children had higher exposure in cited studies), and described a pilot in…
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