Photo of Central Park Commons in Hopkins, MN To better understand the local smoke-free housing policy landscape, Live Smoke Free and Hennepin County Public Health recently conducted an assessment in Hopkins, Minnesota. Hopkins was selected for this assessment because of its high concentration of renters. In fact, nearly 65% of housing units in Hopkins are renter occupied. This makes smoke-free housing policies especially important. The assessment involved contacting 78 multi

Live Smoke Free and Public Health Law Center recently partnered to instruct a continuing education course for Saint Paul area realtors on “Smoke-Free Homes and Saint Paul’s Smoking Disclosure Ordinance”. Realtors play a crucial role in effective smoke-free housing policies, especially when it comes to individually owned units like condos and townhomes. In 2021, St. Paul passed a smoking disclosure ordinance for common interest communities that went into effect January 2022.

Between 2022 and 2024, the Minneapolis Health Department (MHD) partnered with Live Smoke Free (LSF) in an iterative data gathering...

Understanding smoke-free policies can be complex, especially when navigating the layers of federal, state and local regulations. To help...

From 2022-2023 Dakota County Public Health (DCPH) and Live Smoke Free (LSF) collaborated with the City of Burnsville to gather data to...

The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program incentivizes housing developers throughout Minnesota to develop housing projects that...

Live Smoke Free, a program of the Association for Nonsmokers – Minnesota teamed up with local and national partners to collaborate on...