Research Products

Smoke-Free Policy Studies

Nelson County Air Quality Report

• Indoor Air Quality in Hospitality Venues, Nelson County, Kentucky, April 14, 2009

Breckinridge County Air Quality Report

• Indoor Air Quality in Public Venues, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, March 17, 2009

Campbellsville Air Quality Report

• Indoor Air Quality in Public Venues, Campbellsville, Kentucky,    January 13, 2009

Perry County Air Quality Report

• Indoor Air Quality in Hospitality Venues, Perry County, Kentucky, November 12, 2008

Bowling Green Air Quality Report

• Indoor Air Quality in Hospitality Venues, Bowling Green, Kentucky, October 15, 2008

Lexington Bingo Halls Air Quality Report

• Indoor Air Quality in Bingo Halls, Lexington, Kentucky, July 10, 2008

Boone County Air Quality Report

• Indoor Air Quality in Boone County Hospitality Venues, April 24, 2008

Henderson Air Quality Report

• Summary, March 14, 2007

Smoking Prevalence and Smoke Free Laws Summary

Daviess County Air Quality Report

• Summary, August 29, 2006

Letcher County Indoor Air Quality Report

• Summary, October 18, 2006

Louisville Indoor Air Quality

• Indoor Air Quality in Louisville: Did Passage of a Comprehensive Smoke-free Ordinance Clear the Air? (February 19, 2008)
• Summary, June 20, 2006

Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Restaurant and Bar Workers Before and After Lexington’s Smoke-free Ordinance

• Press Release, July 5, 2005

• Executive Summary

• Full Report

Economic Impact of Lexington's Smoke-free Law: A Progress Report

• Press Release, April 18, 2005
• Full Report

Public Opinion and Lexington's Smoke-free Law

• Press Release, January 6, 2005
• Executive Summary
• Study Report

Air Quality Study

• Press Release, October 27, 2004
• Summary of Findings
• Smoke-free laws and indoor air pollution in Lexington and Louisville

Secondhand Smoke Survey - UK Health Care

Publications:

York, N., Hahn, E.J. (2007). The Community Readiness Model:  Evaluating local smoke-free policy development. Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 8(3), 184-200.

Lee, K. Hahn, E.J., Riker, C., Head, S., Seither, P. (2007). Immediate Impact of Smoke-free Laws on Indoor Air Quality. Southern Medical Journal, 100(9), 885-889.

Jones, S.C., Travers, M.J., Hahn, E.J., Robertson, H., Lee, K., Higbee, C., Hyland, A. (2006). Secondhand smoke and indoor public spaces in Paducah, Kentucky. The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association, 104, 281-288.

Pyles, M, Mullineaux, DJ, Okoli, CTC, Hahn, EJ. (2007). Economic impact of a smoke-free law in a tobacco-growing community. Tobacco Control, 16(1), 66-68.

Okoli, C.T.C., Hall, L.A., Rayens, M.K., Hahn, E.J. (2007). Measuring tobacco smoke exposure among smoking and nonsmoking bar and restaurant workers, Biological Research for Nursing, 9(1), 81-89.

Lee, K., Hahn E.J., Riker, C., Hoehne, A., White, A., Thompson, D (2007). Secondhand smoke exposure in a rural high school. Journal of School Nursing, 23(4), 222-228.

Hahn, E.J., Rayens, M.K., York, N., Okoli, C.T.C., Zhang, M., Dignan, M., & Al-Delaimy, W. (2006).  Effects of a smoke-free law on hair nicotine and respiratory symptoms in restaurant and bar workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 48(9), 906-913.

*Greathouse, L.W., Hahn, E.J., Okoli, C.T.C., Warnick, T.A., & Riker, C.A. (2005). Passing a smoke-free law in a pro-tobacco culture: A multiple streams approach. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 6(3), 211-220.

Hahn, E.J., Lee, K., Okoli, C.T.C., Troutman, A., Powell, R.W. (2005, March). Smoke-free laws and indoor air pollution in Lexington and Louisville. Louisville Medicine, 52(10), 391-394, 409, 415.

Secondhand Smoke and Smoke-Free Policy.