Live Smoke Free News

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Press Releases

2011
Dakota County CDA Set to Break Ground on New Smoke-Free Senior Housing Development:
May 4, 2011. Vermillion River Crossing, the Dakota County CDA's latest building in Farmington, will be the CDA’s fifth smoke-free senior development.

A Fresh Start in a Smoke-Free Apartment: April 19, 2011. Live Smoke Free and RENT411 partner to make it easy for renters to find smoke-free housing.

2009
New Survey Shows Metro Renters Consider Moving Because of Secondhand Smoke: November, 2009. Research shows that nearly half of renters would consider moving to live in a smoke-free building

Greystone Heights Apartments Go Smoke Free: July 31, 2009. Greystone Heights apartments in Inver Grove Heights, MN, is now smoke free.

HUD Strongly Encourages Public Housing to Adopt Smoke-Free Policies: July 21, 2009. the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released a notice (PIH2009-21 (HA)) strongly encouraging Public Housing Authorities to implement non-smoking policies in some or all of their public housing units.

Minnetonka's Waterstone Place Apartment Building Goes Smoke Free: April, 2009. Waterstone Place offers luxury apartment living in a smoke-free environment

St. Paul’s Newest Luxury Apartment Building Opens Smoke Free: February, 2009. The Pointe at River Crossing offers unique living spaces in a smoke-free environment

New Year, New Ways to Find Smoke-Free Apartments: January, 2009. New online directory of Minnesota’s smoke-free apartment buildings launched for 2009

2007
Apartment Building Goes Smoke Free in Honor of Great American Smoke Out: November 2007. Twin Cities landlords cite cost savings as reason to go smoke free

Media Kit

• About Live Smoke Free: Program Flyer
• Video: The Benefits of Managing Smoke-Free Apartments & How-to Adopt a Policy
• An Apartment Manager's Guide to Adopting a Smoke-Free Building Policy
• Secondhand Smoke in Apartment Buildings: A Summary of Minneasota Research
• Comparision of 2001 and 2009 Research: Surveys of Renters
• Support for Smoke-Free Apartments in Ramsey County: A Survey of Ramsey County Renters
• Cigarette-Related Fires in Apartment Buildings: Facts and Figures
• The Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act: The MCIAA creates smoke-free common areas of apartments
• UNITS Magazine: An article from the National Apartment Association on smoke-free apartments