Lesson Seven: Sharing Our Findings: Taking Action Lesson Seven (PDF) Lesson Seven (PPT) Lesson Files How We Will Gather Support Issues and Goals Store Survey Results Tools to Build Support Who Will Support Us Videos Saint Paul Advocates at Work Minneapolis Ordinance Prevents Youth Tobacco Use

STOP SALES TO MINORS Stop Sales to Minors is a tobacco retailer training designed to help tobacco retailers comply with Minnesota and federal laws that regulate the sale of commercial tobacco, e-cigarettes, and commercial tobacco-related devices. The training takes approximately one hour to complete and is divided into three sections. There are a total of 25 questions, and the retailer must correctly answer 17 questions to be awarded a certificate. The certificate will be emailed to the email address provided by the retailer at registration. The Association for Nonsmokers-Minnesota originally created this training in 2016 and updated it in 2020 after the Minnesota Legislature passed Tobacco 21, raising the tobacco sales age to 21. The Public Health Law Center and the Minnesota Department of Human Services-Behavioral Health Division assisted with development of this training. For any questions on the training, or if you are a licensing authority looking for a list of tobacco retailers in your area that have passed the training, please contact Katie Engman at katie@ansrmn.org . Access the FREE Training Factsheet (PDF) Additional Resources FDA Tobacco Compliance Webinars This is Our Watch : FDA's program to help retailers comply with federal regulations Order This is Our Watch materials Congratulate & Educate - 2026

TOBACCO-FREE SPACES Tobacco-Free Youth Recreation (TFYR) Tobacco-Free Campuses Smoke-Free Lodging Tobacco-Free Youth Recreation Tobacco-Free Youth Recreation (TFYR) assists communities in their efforts to create a commercial tobacco-free environment and promote commercial tobacco-free lifestyles. The program helps youth and adult community members partner with policy makers to implement recreation-based commercial tobacco prevention strategies. TFYR's Focus A primary focus of TFYR’s work is to assist Minnesota communities in adopting commercial tobacco-free policies for their parks, playgrounds, athletic fields and other outdoor recreational facilities. More than 150 Minnesota communities have created commercial tobacco-free recreation areas for their residents and visitors. To view a directory of Minnesota’s tobacco-free parks, zoos, fairgrounds and other recreation areas, visit the TFYR policy directory. TFYR Policy Directory Tobacco-Free Parks Policy Resources TFYR has policy implementation and promotion materials for community groups and policy makers. These materials are intended to assist efforts to create and promote commercial tobacco-free environments in your community. Policy Publicity Packet Has your community recently adopted a commercial tobacco-free policy for its park and recreational facilities? Use TFYR’s Policy Publicity Packet for ideas on how to communicate the new policy to community members. A well-publicized policy helps reduce policy violations. Download the PDF Playing Tobacco Free Factsheet This factsheet provides information on why communities should have commercial tobacco-free policies for outdoor recreational facilities. Download the PDF A Policy Maker’s Guide to Tobacco-Free Policies for Parks, Playgrounds and Athletic Facilities This guide is intended to provide local policy makers information on how this type of policy can benefit their community. Download the PDF Model Tobacco-Free Parks Policy TTFYR created this model policy language with assistance from the Public Health Law Center. It has been adopted and implemented by communities throughout Minnesota. Download the PDF Playing Tobacco-Free: A Youth Guide for Policy Advocacy A step-by-step approach to commercial tobacco-free park policies for youth advocates. TFYR uses this guide to train youth groups on park policy advocacy. Contact us to schedule a training session. Learn More Commercial Tobacco-Free Policies for Other Outdoor Spaces in Minnesota Although TFYR has traditionally focused on commercial tobacco-free policies for recreational areas, the program also assists communities with tobacco-free policies for other outdoor spaces such as: School grounds Fair grounds Public grounds (such as city- or county-owned property) Employer grounds Healthcare facility grounds A number of resources exist for communities interested in implementing commercial tobacco-free policies for their outdoor spaces. Contact Emily Anderson, emily@ansrmn.org , for these resources or more information. Tobacco-Free Campuses Commercial tobacco use and exposure remain a problem on college campuses. Commercial tobacco-free college campus policies are proven solutions that provide a healthier learning, living and working environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors. Through our Tobacco-Free Campus program, ANSR promotes the adoption of commercial tobacco-free policies at colleges and universities in Ramsey County. For more information contact Emily Anderson, Tobacco-Free Campus Program Director, at emily@ansrmn.org or 651-646-3005. A Growing Trend According to Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, as of October 2023, there are at least 2,613 100% smoke-free campuses in the US. Of these, 2,193 are 100% commercial tobacco-free and 2,284 prohibit the use of e-cigarettes anywhere on campus. For a full listing of smoke- and commercial tobacco-free campuses across the country, click here . Step 1: Getting Started Building the case for a commercial tobacco-free campus A commercial tobacco-free policy prohibits smoking and the use of smokeless tobacco products on all school properties and in all school-owned or leased vehicles. A comprehensive tobacco use policy also prohibits the sale of tobacco products on campus, tobacco advertisements in school publications and tobacco company sponsorship of school programs and events. Tobacco-Free Campus Policies Increase Quit Attempts Tobacco-Free Campus Policies Decrease Tobacco Use and Initiation Tobacco-Free Campus Policies Reduce Exposure to Tobacco Tobacco-Free Campus Policies Decrease Tobacco Litter Tobacco-Free Campus Policies Eliminate Ties to the Tobacco Industry Tobacco-Free Campus Policies Prepare Students for a Tobacco-Free Workplace Step 2: Moving Forward Steps for adopting a commercial tobacco-free policy Many post-secondary institutions have successfully implemented commercial tobacco-free campus policies. While each campus is unique, these basic steps can lead towards policy success. Here are the most common guiding principles: Focus on the tobacco use, not the tobacco user. Focus on health and safety regarding secondhand smoke, not individual rights. Obtain campus leadership support and make this support visible to all members of the campus community. Convene a monthly committee comprised of a diverse group of campus stakeholders. Complete a commercial tobacco-free campus opinion survey of students, faculty and staff. Complete an environmental assessment to determine smoking “hot spots” and the amount of tobacco litter on campus. Develop a draft policy statement and share with institution stakeholders. Allow ample time between the announcement of the new policy to the effective date for a thorough and supportive communication plan, including posting new policy signage. Provide training for supervisors on policy communication and enforcement. Offer tobacco cessation re sources to all students, faculty and staff before and after the policy change. Enforce the commercial tobacco-free campus policy just like the previous n o-smoking policy: through education. Celebrate! The policy is a positive step towards a healthier, cleaner campus! Many campuses have successfully carried out a policy development process. The University of Minnesota’s smoke- and tobacco-free policy development began in 2008, and the policy was formally adopted in 2014. Learn more about the process here . Step 3: Achieving Success Implementing and promoting a commercial tobacco-free campus policy While adopting a commercial tobacco-free campus policy is an important step towards a healthier, cleaner campus, proper implementation and enforcement of your policy plus tobacco cessation services are key to policy success. Communication Enforcement Cessation Smoke-Free Lodging The Smoke-Free Lodging program promotes 100% smoke-free policies for lodging establishments. In order to increase the number of lodging establishments with smoke-free policies, Smoke-Free Lodging educates tourism industry professionals, lodging managers, owners and key staff about the benefits of 100% smoke-free buildings. Smoke-Free Lodging also assists lodging establishment owners and managers with creating and promoting smoke-free policies for their properties.

TOBACCO 101 What is Tobacco 101? “Tobacco 101: A Teacher’s Guide to Anti-Tobacco Lesson Planning” is a free, web-accessible, ten-lesson guide that will help you teach your students about the harms of tobacco and the deceptive marketing tactics of the tobacco industry, all while supporting their development into young tobacco prevention advocates. The curriculum is geared towards middle and high school students and can be used in a classroom, after school or out-of-school setting. Within the guide you’ll find: downloadable resources, video and other multimedia links, activities for a variety of learning styles, hands-on student engagement, student-led discussion and learning and supplemental materials. The guide contains 11 lessons. Click the images to access and download the lesson PDFs: Lesson One Tobacco 101 -- Intro to Tobacco Lesson Four Flavored Tobacco, Menthol and E-Cigarettes Lesson Seven Sharing Our Findings: Taking Action Lesson Ten Environmental Impact Lesson Two Marketing and Advertising: What You See is Not Always What You Get Lesson Five People Power vs. Tobacco Industry Lesson Eight Price Discounting Lesson Eleven Mental Health and Nicotine Lesson Three Child Labor in the Tobacco Industry Lesson Six What is the Tobacco Industry Doing in my Neighborhood? Lesson Nine Electronic Cigarettes (Vapes): A Deeper Dive DOWNLOAD THE FULL CURRICULUM DOWNLOAD THE FULL CURRICULUM We hope you enjoy engaging your students with this fun, interactive tool aimed at helping them become young commercial tobacco prevention advocates in their own communities. Please contact tobacco101@ansrmn.org with questions. Forms Sample Parent Letter and Permission Forms Certificate of Completion Resources

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PROJECT WATCH Project WATCH (Working Against Tobacco Companies' Harm) has been working to decrease commercial tobacco industry influence in Minnesota since 2010. The program is currently funded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and was previously funded by Clearway MN. Project WATCH focuses on identifying and tracking commercial tobacco industry marketing tactics such as price promotions, contests, product launches and rebranding initiatives. This program also focuses on educating city, county, state and school decision-makers about commercial tobacco control best practices and providing technical assistance to commercial tobacco control partners across the state. Since 2010, Project WATCH has collected almost 10,000 commercial tobacco industry direct mail marketing pieces and more than 36,000 commercial tobacco industry emails. This information is presented locally and nationally through in-person presentations, conferences, webinars and a quarterly newsletter. Project results were also published in the peer-reviewed journal Tobacco Control. Resources Factsheets Restricting Youth Access PDF New Products Factsheet (2013) Point-of-Sale Policy Guides Cigarillos & Cigars: A Guide for Local Communities Updating Your Local Ordinance Hookah Factsheet Project WATCH Newsletters Project WATCH produces a regular newsletter, the Tobacco Marketing Update. Vol. 55, December 2025 Vol. 46, December 2021 Vol. 36, February 2016 Vol. 54, July 2025 Vol. 53, April 2025 Vol. 52, January 2025 Vol. 51, September 2024 Vol. 50, May 2024 Vol. 49, February 2024 Vol. 48, November 2022 Vol. 47, July 2022 Vol. 45, August 2021 Vol. 44, April 2021 Vol. 43, January 2021 Vol. 42, July 2019 Vol. 41, January 2019 Vol. 40, September 2018 Vol. 39, February 2018 Vol. 38, January 2017 Vol. 37, May 2016 Vol. 35, November 2015 Vol. 34, July 2015 Vol. 33, April 2015 Vol. 32, January 2015 Vol. 31, August 2014 Vol. 31, August 2014 Vol. 30, January 2014 Vol. 30, January 2014 Vol. 29, December 2013 Vol. 29, December 2013 Vol. 28, October 2013 Vol. 27, September 2013

OUR MISSION ANSR is dedicated to reducing the human and economic costs of commercial tobacco, nicotine and other drug use in Minnesota. Our core commitments are: to protect young Minnesotans from a lifetime of addiction; to ensure that all Minnesotans can breathe clean, smoke-free air everywhere; and to reduce health inequities and other disparities in relation to commercial tobacco, nicotine and other drugs. In 1975, ANSR helped pass the nation’s first comprehensive state clean indoor air legislation. Since then, ANSR has continued to play a leading role in shaping tobacco policy and has been involved in every major state-wide policy, such as the Freedom to Breathe Act in 2007 and raising the tobacco tax in 2013. ANSR helped Minneapolis and Saint Paul restrict the sales of flavored tobacco, including menthol, and also helped Edina become the first Minneapolis city to raise the tobacco sales age to 21. Financial Documents 2023 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2023 Federal Form 990 Annual Reports 2023 Annual Report 2022 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2022 Federal Form 990 2022 Annual Report 2021 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2021 Federal Form 990 2021 Annual Report 2020 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2020 Federal Form 990 2020 Annual Report 2019 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2019 Federal Form 990 2019 Annual Report 2018 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2018 Federal Form 990 2018 Annual Report 2017 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2017 Federal Form 990 2017 Annual Report

OUR MISSION ANSR is dedicated to reducing the human and economic costs of commercial tobacco, nicotine and other drug use in Minnesota. Our core commitments are: to protect young Minnesotans from a lifetime of addiction; to ensure that all Minnesotans can breathe clean, smoke-free air everywhere; and to reduce health inequities and other disparities in relation to commercial tobacco, nicotine and other drugs. In 1975, ANSR helped pass the nation’s first comprehensive state clean indoor air legislation. Since then, ANSR has continued to play a leading role in shaping tobacco policy and has been involved in every major state-wide policy, such as the Freedom to Breathe Act in 2007 and raising the tobacco tax in 2013. ANSR helped Minneapolis and Saint Paul restrict the sales of flavored tobacco, including menthol, and also helped Edina become the first Minneapolis city to raise the tobacco sales age to 21. Financial Documents 2023 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2023 Federal Form 990 Annual Reports 2023 Annual Report 2022 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2022 Federal Form 990 2022 Annual Report 2021 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2021 Federal Form 990 2021 Annual Report 2020 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2020 Federal Form 990 2020 Annual Report 2019 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2019 Federal Form 990 2019 Annual Report 2018 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2018 Federal Form 990 2018 Annual Report 2017 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2017 Federal Form 990 2017 Annual Report

OUR MISSION ANSR is dedicated to reducing the human and economic costs of commercial tobacco, nicotine and other drug use in Minnesota. Our core commitments are: to protect young Minnesotans from a lifetime of addiction; to ensure that all Minnesotans can breathe clean, smoke-free air everywhere; and to reduce health inequities and other disparities in relation to commercial tobacco, nicotine and other drugs. In 1975, ANSR helped pass the nation’s first comprehensive state clean indoor air legislation. Since then, ANSR has continued to play a leading role in shaping tobacco policy and has been involved in every major state-wide policy, such as the Freedom to Breathe Act in 2007 and raising the tobacco tax in 2013. ANSR helped Minneapolis and Saint Paul restrict the sales of flavored tobacco, including menthol, and also helped Edina become the first Minneapolis city to raise the tobacco sales age to 21. Financial Documents 2023 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2023 Federal Form 990 Annual Reports 2023 Annual Report 2022 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2022 Federal Form 990 2022 Annual Report 2021 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2021 Federal Form 990 2021 Annual Report 2020 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2020 Federal Form 990 2020 Annual Report 2019 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2019 Federal Form 990 2019 Annual Report 2018 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2018 Federal Form 990 2018 Annual Report 2017 ANSR Audited Financial Statements 2017 Federal Form 990 2017 Annual Report

SECONDHAND SMOKE According to the the U.S. Surgeon General’s report, there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. It is harmful and hazardous to the health of the general public and particularly dangerous to children. Secondhand smoke increases the risk of serious respiratory problems in children, such as severe asthma attacks and lower respiratory tract infections, and increases the risk for middle ear infections. It is also a known to cause cancer in humans and pets. Inhaling secondhand smoke can cause lung cancer and coronary heart disease in nonsmoking adults. Secondhand smoke is a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning end of commercial tobacco products (sidestream smoke) and the mainstream smoke exhaled by smokers. People may be exposed to secondhand smoke at home, in the workplace and in other public places. Kids in Cars Download Kids in Cars Factsheet What are the health impacts of secondhand smoke? How does it affect children? How is secondhand smoke measured? Is smoking in a vehicle really that bad? Does opening a window or using the vehicle's ventilation system make smoking in a vehicle safe? What is currently being done to protect children from exposure to secondhand smoke in vehicles? What else can be done to prevent exposure to secondhand smoke in vehicles? Secondhand Smoke Resources Live Smoke Free – Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing Clean Air for All – Smoke-Free Public Housing Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights – Smoke-Free Cars Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids – Secondhand Smoke, Kids and Cars Factsheet California Department of Public Health – “How Dangerous is Smoking in Cars?” (Video) California Department of Public Health – Smoke Free Cars Factsheets and FAQs Public Health Law Center – Smoke Free/Tobacco Free Places>Vehicles Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Secondhand Smoke

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POLICY INITIATIVES Flavored Tobacco The tobacco industry adds fruit, candy, menthol and other novelty flavors to their products to attract customers and hook kids. Learn More About Flavored Tobacco E-Cigarettes E-cigarettes, or vapes, have become extremely popular over the past decade and have driven the youth commercial tobacco use epidemic. Learn More About E-Cigarettes Tobacco 21 Minnesota's Tobacco 21 law, which raised the legal age to buy commercial tobacco products to 21, went into effect in 2019. Learn More About Tobacco 21 Secondhand Smoke According to the CDC, there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. Learn More About Secondhand Smoke Menthol Beautiful Lie, Ugly Truth Price Discounting Don't Discount My Life Nicotine-Free Generation Nicotine-Free Generation