Towards a Smokefree LA: What Landlords and Tenants Think About Smokefree Housing in the City of Los Angeles

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Friday, Apr. 01, 2016
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12:00 PM - 01:00 PM PDT

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UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
10960 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
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Towards a Smokefree LA: What Landlords and Tenants Think About Smokefree Housing in the City of Los Angeles

​Earlier this year, Los Angeles received an "F" grade from the American Lung Association in the category of smokefree housing. In early April, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research – with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – launched a new campaign to reduce both smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke in apartment buildings in some of the most densely populated and disadvantaged neighborhoods of South Los Angeles. This Smokefree Apartments Los Angeles initiative is part of a national CDC program to encourage voluntary smokefree policies in private, multi-unit rental buildings in the city of Los Angeles. Speakers are UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's Chronic Disease Program Co-Director Ying-Ying Meng and Health Data Program Director Peggy Toy.

Speakers

Ying-Ying Meng, DrPh
Director of Research
Ying-Ying Meng, DrPH, is the director of research, senior research scientist, and Chronic Disease Program co-director at UCLA CHPR. She studies health care inequalities and the relationship between physical and social environments and chronic disease.
Peggy Toy
Former Director, Health DATA Program
Peggy Toy was the director of Health DATA (Data. Advocacy. Training. Assistance.), UCLA CHPR’s public service program and leads community-based training using data to advocate for better access to care for underserved California populations.