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Director's Messages
Wildfires are taking a toll on Californians' health, from smoke exposure to disparities in accessing filtered air. UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Director Ninez Ponce shares her experience and urges data-driven action to address these impacts.
January 14, 2025
Director's Messages
Wildfires are taking a toll on Californians' health, from smoke exposure to disparities in accessing filtered air. UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Director Ninez Ponce shares her experience and urges data-driven action to address these impacts.
January 14, 2025
Press Releases
Renters living in approximately 780,000 privately owned rental units remain unprotected from secondhand smoke in the city of Los Angeles, despite the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announcement that public housing developments in the U.S. will be required to provide a smoke-free environment for their residents.
December 01, 2016
Press Releases
Renters living in approximately 780,000 privately owned rental units remain unprotected from secondhand smoke in the city of Los Angeles, despite the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announcement that public housing developments in the U.S. will be required to provide a smoke-free environment for their residents.
December 01, 2016
Press Releases
New study finds that African-American, low-income children at risk. A sample size miscalculation in the original version of this publication resulted in errors to the estimated number of children affected by secondhand smoke, although the percentages, interpretation and findings remain correct. The errors were related to pooling three cycles of CHIS data. The Center regrets the error.
October 27, 2011
Press Releases
New study finds that African-American, low-income children at risk. A sample size miscalculation in the original version of this publication resulted in errors to the estimated number of children affected by secondhand smoke, although the percentages, interpretation and findings remain correct. The errors were related to pooling three cycles of CHIS data. The Center regrets the error.
October 27, 2011