ANSR's programs offer a wide variety of materials designed to help the community advocate for and adopt smoke-free and tobacco-free policies. Click on the program links below to view materials. All links open as .pdf files unless otherwise noted.

To order hard copies of any of these materials, please contact us at 651-646-3005.

Live Smoke Free (Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing)

Tobacco-Free Youth Receation (Tobacco-Free Parks, Fairgrounds, and Recreation Areas)

Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Champion Program

Smoke-Free Lodging, Hotels, and Motels

Ramsey Tobacco Coalition (Tobacco and Youth Influences)

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Live Smoke Free (Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing)

Information for Apartment Renters

• What to Know Before You Rent (tri-fold brochure)
• Secondhand Smoke in Your Apartment: How to help you and your family (tri-fold brochure; a first-look guide for apartment residents)
  • English
  • Hmong
  • Oromo
  • Somali
  • Spanish
• Enjoying Smoke-Free Air in Your Apartment: What to do if you are affected by secondhand smoke (gate-fold brochure; a detailed guide for apartment residents)
• Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Tenants' Rights (fact sheet)
• Find a Smoke-Free Multi-Housing Building (link to Live Smoke Free web site)

Information for Apartment Managers and Owners

• An Apartment Manager's Guide to Adopting a Smoke-Free Building Policy (8-page booklet)
• Three-Part Series: "Adopting a Smoke-Free Building Policy" (fact sheets)
  
  • Information about the series
    
  • Step One: "I'm Thinking About Adopting a Smoke-Free Building Policy"
    
  • Step Two: "I've Decided to Adopt a Smoke-Free Policy"
    
  • Step Three: "I Have a Smoke-Free Building!"
• 2001 Research on Smoke-Free Apartment Policies in Minnesota (fact sheet)
  
• 2009 Research on Twin Cities Renters' Attitudes About Smoke-Free Apartment Policies (fact sheet)
• Up in Flames: The Dangers of Smoking in Apartment Units (fact sheet)
• Sample Survey to Distribute to Residents
• Policy Notification Letter to Distribute to Residents
  • Policy Notification Guidelines (fact sheet)
• Model Smoke-Free Lease Addendum
• Model Smoke-Free Policy for Public Housing Authorities
• Order Smoke-Free Signs for Your Building
• Add Your Smoke-Free Building to the Minnesota Smoke-Free Housing Directory (link to Live Smoke Free web site)

Information for Condominum, Townhome, and Co-Operative Residents, Board Members, and Managers

• Smoke-Free Common Interest Communities:
  Results of a Survey of Minnesota Owner-Occupants (fact sheet)
• Smoke-Free Common Interest Communities:
  Results of a Survey of Minnesota Property Managers (fact sheet)
• Smoke-Free Common Interest Communities: Legal Fact Sheet (fact sheet)

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Tobacco-Free Youth Recreation (Tobacco-Free Parks, Fairgrounds, and Recreation Areas)

Information for Community Coalitions

• Playing Tobacco Free: Making Your Community's Parks, Playgrounds, and Athletic Fields Tobacco Free (training guide)
  • Guide Cover
  • Step One: Pre-Season Information: The Truths about Tobacco and Tobacco-Free Parks
  • Step Two: Survey the Playing Field: Assess Your Community and Local Government
  • Step Three: Policies that Kick Butt: Create Tobacco-Free Parks in Your Community
  • Step Four: Rally the Team: Build Community Support
  • Step Five: Practice the Plays: Plan Your Presentation
  • Step Six: Game Time: Present Your Policy Request
  • Step Seven: Post-Game Wrap-Up: Thank the Policy Makers and Promote the Policy
  • Facilitation Guide for Adult Advisors

Information for Community Policy Makers

• A Policy Maker's Guide to Tobacco-Free Policies for Parks, Playgrounds, and Athletic Facilities
• Model Tobacco-Free Policy for Park & Recreation Areas
  
• Model Tobacco-Free Policy for Outdoor Events
  
• Model Tobacco-Free Policy for Youth Recreational Organizations
• Model Tobacco-Free Policy for County Fairs: Covers fairgrounds and sponsorships
• Model Tobacco-Free Policy for Rodeos: Covers rodeo grounds and sponsorships

Information for Tobacco Control Professionals

• Playing Tobacco Free: Making Your Community's Outdoor Recreational Facilities Tobacco Free. A Guide for Tobacco Control Advocates (booklet)
  
• Clean Air for Minnesota’s County Fairs: A guide for tobacco control advocates in creating tobacco-free fair grounds (4-page fact sheet)
• Rounding Up Tobacco in Minnesota's Rodeos: A guide for community advocates on creating tobacco-free rodeos (4-page fact sheet)

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Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Champion Program

Information for Soldiers and Veterans

• Become Tobacco Free: For the Mission, For the Family, For Yourself (tri-fold brochure)

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Smoke-Free Lodging, Hotels, and Motels

Information for Lodging Managers and Owners

• Adopting a Smoke-Free Policy: A Guide for Lodging Establishments (8-page booklet)

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Ramsey Tobacco Coalition (Tobacco and Youth Influences)

Information for Community Coalitions

• Tobacco 101 Lesson Plan Book
  

  • Lesson One
    
  • Lesson Two
    
  • Lesson Three
    
  • Lesson Four
    
  • Lesson Five
    
  • Lesson Six
    
  • Lesson Seven

• How to Adopt a Tobacco-Free Funding Policy Guide

  • Part One: Planning for a tobacco-free policy

  • Part Two: Making a case for a tobacco-free policy with a nonprofit organization

  • Part Three: Supporting documents--such as a sample tobacco-free policy

• Regulation of Window Signs in Saint Paul (fact sheet)