At this year’s Commercial Tobacco Prevention Conference, hosted by Minnesota Department of Health with the theme “Resilient Together: Adapting to the Evolving Landscape of Commercial Tobacco“, Live Smoke Free joined grantees and partners from across Minnesota to share critical updates, insights, and inspiration around commercial tobacco prevention. Live Smoke Free and partners had the opportunity […]

Between 2022 and 2024, the Minneapolis Health Department (MHD) partnered with Live Smoke Free (LSF) in an iterative data gathering process to identify community support and concerns about potential citywide smoke-free multi-unit housing policies.  In 2022, eight key informant interviews were completed with a Tenant Legal Advocate, Real Estate Expert, Minneapolis City Leadership Staff, Public […]

Minneapolis and St. Paul Expand Smoke-Free Housing Criteria for Low Income Housing Tax Credit Programs The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program incentivizes housing developers throughout Minnesota to develop housing projects that include a smoke-free policy. The LIHTC program is a federal financing program for qualified residential rental properties. The LIHTC program offers investors a […]

Live Smoke Free, a program of the Association for Nonsmokers – Minnesota teamed up with local and national partners to collaborate on the development of an equity-based model smoke-free housing ordinance. Please join us for a two-part webinar series to learn about this innovative approach to promoting equity and housing stability in smoke-free housing public […]