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Adopting a Smoke-Free Apartment:
A Three Part Series for Managers
Part One: Contemplation
Part Two: Adoption
Part Three: Implementation

Adopting a Smoke-Free Policy:
Owner-Occupied Properties

Adopting a Smoke-Free Building Policy:
A Three-Part Series for Apartment Managers

Part One: Contemplation | Part Two: Adoption | Part Three: Implementation

Apartment managers and owners often go through three stages when adopting a smoke-free policy. Live Smoke Free has designed these materials to meet the needs of managers and owners whether they are in the stage of contemplation, adoption, or implementation.

These steps represent folders of information that Live Smoke Free has available. If you would like to receive hard copies of the folders and their contents, or if you would like to receive all of these materials electronically on a CD, please contact Live Smoke Free.

Step One: "I'm Thinking of Adopting a Smoke-Free Building Policy":

The materials below can be applicable to all rental properties. If you own or manage a housing authority or subsidized property, you may also find the materials for "Adopting a Smoke-Free Building Policy for Affordable Housing" useful.

• Introduction Letter (pdf)
  
  
• About Live Smoke Free
  
  
• 8-page booklet "An Apartment Manager's Guide to Adopting a Smoke-Free Building Policy" (pdf)
  
  
• Testimonial from smoke-free apartment property (contact us if you would like testimonials from other properties) (pdf)
  
  
• Sample survey to give to residents to assess desire for a smoke-free policy (pdf) (Word document)
  
  
• Fact sheets on research conducted in Minnesota and the Twin Cities around renters' interest in smoke-free apartments: 2001 Research (pdf) 2009 Resarch (pdf)
  
  
• Fact sheet on the dangers of smoking-related fires in apartment buildings (pdf)
  
  
• Fact sheet from the Minnesota Department of Health on the current laws regarding smoking in apartment buildings (pdf)
  
  
• Excerpt from "Clearing the Air" article in Units Magazine published by the National Apartment Association (pdf)
  
  
• Article from "Property Management Update" by the National Multi-Housing Council on smoke-free policies (pdf)
  
  
• "Infiltration of Secondhand Smoke into Condominiums, Apartments and Other Multi-Unit Dwellings" Law Synopsis (pdf)
  
  
• "Secondhand Smoke: What it Means to You" Summary of the 2006 Surgeon General's Report (pdf)

"Adopting a Smoke-Free Building Policy for Affordable Housing"

Whether you are a Public Housing Authority, Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Community Development Agency, or a building with partial funding from HUD or the Rural Development Agency, you can adopt a smoke-free policy for your building. The requirements for implementing a smoke-free policy in affordable housing can vary depending on the type of subsidy or assistance the property receives, but you can learn more by contacting Live Smoke Free.

• Excerpt from 2009 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development "Leading Our Nation to Healthier Homes: The Healthy Homes Strategic Plan" (pdf)
  
  
• Excerpt from 2009 Surgeon General's Call to Action to Promote Health Homes (pdf)
  
  
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Ecowise newsletter regarding smoke-free policies (pdf)
  
  
• Model smoke-free policy language for public housing authorities (includes optional Temporary Exemption form) (pdf) (Word document)
  
  
• Letter from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Minneapolis Field Office (pdf)
  
  
• Letter from U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Developemt's Minnesota Field Office (pdf)
  
  
• Article from Newsweek "Ban Smoking in Public Housing" by Dr. Jonathan Winickoff (pdf)
  
  
• Memo to Public Housing Authorities from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (pdf)
  
  
• Memo to participants of Multifamily Housing Rental Assistance Programs from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (pdf)
  
  
• "Secondhand Smoke Seepage into Multi-Unit Affordable Housing" Law Synopsis (pdf)