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Materials from Live Smoke Free
Live Smoke Free offers free materials for landlords who want to make their building smoke free, tenants who want to talk to their landlords and neighbors about creating a smoke-free building, and anyone who is interested in learning more about the issue of smoke-free housing.

You can view and download most of our materials on the Live Smoke Free Materials page. If you do not find the information you are looking for, please contact us.

Legal Materials

• Infiltration of Secondhand Smoke into Condominiums, Apartments, and Other Multi-Unit Dwellings
  Produced by the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium. PDF. Opens in new window.
  A synopsis summarizing the legal remedies for landlords, condominium associations and tenants of multi-unit dwellings concerned about secondhand smoke infiltration. http://tclconline.org/resourcesTCLC.html
  
  
• There is No Constitutional Right to Smoke
  Produced by the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium. PDF. Opens in new window.
  A synopsis explaining why smoking is not a constitutionally protected right. http://tclconline.org/resourcesTCLC.html
  
  
• The Americans with Disabilities Act: Effective Legal Protection Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure
  Produced by the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium. PDF. Opens in new window.
  A synopsis of the law describing when exposure to secondhand smoke qualifies as a disability under the ADA, the scope and constitutionality of Titles I and II of the ADA, as well as remedies under the ADA for smoking-related discrimination. http://tclconline.org/resourcesTCLC.html
  
  
• Legal Authority to Regulate Smoking and Common Threats and Challenges
  Produced by the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium. PDF. Opens in new window.
  A synopsis outlining governmental authority for regulating smoking and the legal doctrine of preemption, as well as legal challenges to smoke-free ordinances and legal authority of local regulatory bodies for passing smoke-free ordinances. http://tclconline.org/resourcesTCLC.html
  
  
• Legal Options for Condominium Owners Exposed to Secondhand Smoke
  Produced by the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium. PDF. Opens in new window.
  An overview addressing the problem of secondhand smoke seepage in condominiums. http://tclconline.org/resourcesTCLC.html
  
  
• The Smoke-Free Environments Law Project
  A program of the Center for Social Gerontology. Web page. Opens in new window.
  Links to documents about many legal aspects regarding smoke-free multi-housing. http://www.tcsg.org/sfelp/home.htm

Air Movement and Ventilation

• ASHRAE Position Statement on Environmental Tobacco Smoke
  Produced by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). PDF. Opens in new window.
  Information on the health consequences of exposure of nonsmokers to tobacco smoke in indoor environments, and on the implications of this knowledge for the design, installation and operation of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. It states: “At present, the only means of effectively eliminating health risk associated with indoor exposure is to ban smoking activity.” http://www.ashrae.org/aboutus
  
  
• Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Multi-Family Buildings
  Produced by the Center for Energy and Environment in Minnesota. Web page. Opens in new window.
  This project included in-depth owner interviews, a survey of a large sample of renters, legal research and measurements of the movement of secondhand smoke tracers between units in apartment buildings before and after air sealing and ventilation treatments. The project produced some of the most extensive multiple fan measurements of inter-apartment air leakage and multiple tracer gas measurements of inter-apartment air transfer. http://www.mncee.org/research/index.php

Multi-Housing Organizations in Minnesota | Smoke-Free Multi-Housing Programs Nationwide

Multi-Housing Organizations

• Minnesota Multi-Housing Association: http://www.mmha.org
• Minnesota Chapter of the National Association for Housing and Redevelopment Officials: http://www.mnnahro.org
• HousingLink (affordable housing information): http://www.housinglink.org
• HOME Line (tenants' legal hotline and tenant organizing): http://www.homelinemn.org

Smoke-Free Multi-Housing Programs

Minnesota

• Live Smoke Free: http://www.mnsmokefreehousing.org
• American Lung Association of Minnesota: http://www.lungmn.org/tobacco
  

United States

• United States (Nationally): Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights: In Your Home:
  http://www.no-smoke.org/goingsmokefree.php?id=101
  
• California: Smoke-Free Apartment House Registry: http://www.smokefreeapartment.org
  
• Maine: Smoke-Free Housing: http://www.smokefreeforme.org
  
• Michigan: MI Smoke-Free Apartment: http://www.mismokefreeapartment.org
  
• Ohio: Smoke-Free Housing: http://www.ohiosmokefreehousing.com
  
• Oregon: Smoke-Free Housing Project: http://www.smokefreeoregon.com/housing
  
• Utah: The TRUTH: http://www.tobaccofreeutah.org/aptcondoguide.html

International

• Canada: Non-Smokers' Rights Association:
  http://www.nsra-adnf.ca/cms/index.cfm?group_id=1433

Local Smoke-Free Organizations in Minnesota

Twin Cities Metro Area:

• Anoka County Smoke-Free Partnership: http://www.anokacosmokefree.org
• Dakota County Smoke-Free Communities Partnership: http://www.smokefreedakota.org
• Smoke Free Ramsey: http://www.smokefreeramsey.org
• Partnership for a Smoke-Free Scott County: http://smokefreescottcounty.org
• Smoke Free Washington County: http://www.smokefreewashingtonco.org

Greater Minnesota:

• Beltrami Wellness Education for Long Life (B-WELL): http://www.smokefreebeltrami.org
• Smoke Free Communities (Central MN): http://www.smokefreecentralmn.org
• Fargo-Moorhead Area Smoke-Free Air for Everyone Coalition: http://www.fmareasafe.org
• Citizens for a Smoke-Free Goodhue County: http://www.smokefreegoodhuecounty.org
• Kandiyohi County Tobacco Coalition: http://www.breatheeasyeveryone.com
• Mankato Area Smoke-Free Coalition: http://www.smokefreegreatermankato.org/masfc
• Smoke-Free Meeker, McLeod, Sibley: http://www.smokefreemms.org
• Nobles County Clean Air for Everyone (CAFE) Coalition: http://www.smokefreenobles.org