HUD Toolkits on smokefree multi-unit housing

Today (Tuesday June 19^th), the American Lung Association along with U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Assistant Secretary for the Office of Public and Indian Housing Sandra Henriquez, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Howard K. Koh and the American Academy of Pediatrics participated in a press conference to release two new toolkits to help public housing authorities make their multi-family properties smokefree. 

Toolkit for residents: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=pdfresidents.pdf 

Toolkit for owners: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=pdfowners.pdf

We also issued a joint press statement with the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is posted on the American Lung Association’s website here. We hope these will serve as useful tools in any work being done at the state and local level to encourage public housing authorities to make their multi-family properties smokefree.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Source: Jennifer Singleterry, Manager, Cessation Policy,  American Lung Association