Trending Now: The Second Decade of Smoke-Free Housing Data and Advancements

As we move into the second decade of the the smoke-free multi-unit housing movement, it is important to review progress and analyze past and current data trends. Maine, a leader in the field since the inception of the movement, will take a moment to look back at the past 10 years of this fast-moving environment, compare and contrast today to yesterday and reflect on how quickly things have progressed. Experts from the Smoke-Free Housing Coalition of Maine will share Maine's new and groundbreaking smoke-free housing data from their state-wide landlord and tenant data collection survey and break down the challenges that continue to arise. Discussion of the disparities that still exist in secondhand smoke exposure for those who live in multi-unit housing will be held with an overview of not only Maine data but the new CDC Vital Signs release (Feb 2015) and tribal data. Though immense progress has been made within the first 10 years of smoke-free housing efforts, much remains to be accomplished to further reduce and eventually eliminate involuntary exposure to secondhand smoke in multi-unit housing. Participants can expect to learn advanced lessons from a mature smoke-free housing program including ideas on funding, messaging, cultural norm changes and data collection. A solution-based discussion will also be facilitated to share ideas around secondhand smoke exposure in disparate populations and how to eliminate these disparities in the second decade of smoke-free housing work.