American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation

PUBLIC INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCEThe ANR Foundation seeks to educate the public about the health effects of secondhand smoke and the benefits of smokefree environments. These services are designed to build capacity and infrastructure within local communities and states in order to assist them with their smoking prevention efforts. We inform and educate tobacco control leaders, the media, educators, parents, and the general public about secondhand smoke issues through phone and e-mail contact, teleconferences, presentations and trainings, music media and music festivals, social media and dissemination of publications.Website: The ANR Foundation maintained a comprehensive website,which provided information and resources for smokefree air. The site features daily updates of smokefree news from around the globe, scientific studies demonstrating the dangers of secondhand smoke, tracking of tobacco industry interference, and analysis of tobacco control policies. Additionally, the site provided downloadable guides, toolkits, and model ordinances to assist people and communities in creating and implementing smokefree policies.Newsletter/Bulletins: ANRF provided content for newsletters, bulletins and similar communications. Content includds up-to-date information on trends in smokefree air, emerging scientific evidence on the health effects of secondhand smoke, national and international news,tobacco industry interference, smokefree legislation updates, and our analyses of tobacco control efforts. In cooperation with ANR, newsletters and bulletins were distributed nationally, electronically and by regular mail. The following were ANRF's achievements62.7% of the population is now protected by 100% smokefree air policies coveringworkplaces, restaurants and bars.2,613 Colleges and Universities are now protected by smokefree policies entirecampus, both indoors and out. 2,193 of them are completely tobacco free and 2,284 prohibit the use of e-cigarettes anywhere on campus. 1,247 also prohibit hookah use, and 5639 also prohibit smoking/vaping marijuana.4,172 Hospitals are protected by smokefree policies covering the entire campus, both indoors and out. In addition, at least 437 Nursing Facilities are protected by smokefree policies everywhere indoors. U.S. Tobacco Control Laws Database: In 2021, the number of municipality records in the database increased to close to 5,930. There are close to 18,727 laws in total in the database. Staff analyzed or reanalyzed 427 laws during 2022 that either increased the number of municipalities with tobacco control coverage or amended existing coverage. Smokefree Multi-unit Housing:. At least 622 communities have smokefree policies* for Publicly-Owned Multi-Unit Housing. 77 cities and counties have enacted municipal laws that prohibit smoking in 100% of private units of rental multi-unit housing, and the laws in 70 of those communities prohibit smoking in 100% of private units of owner-occupied multi-unit housing. An additional 20 cities and counties have enacted municipal laws that restrict smoking in private units of some types of multi-unit housing buildings.2022 LIBRARY & WEBSITE STATSLibrary Tobacco Database: Program staff collected and cataloged 451 new documents for inclusion in the organizations library and updated 505 existing documents' records. Website (No-smoke.org): 497,162 total page views; 407,835 sessions; and 348,652 users. Media Contacts: 146 unique news clips related to smokefree air & tobacco issues, with some clips picked up by other news agencies for a total of 262 clips.

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