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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. In 2023, two printed newsletters were distributed to supporters nationally, a total of 2,083 were mailed.Emails sent: ANRF provides a daily news service email to supporters, a weekly research update, a monthly news bulletin, and provides alerts on policy activity nationally. Daily secondhand smoke and related tobacco control topics and weekly research reports - 59,248; policy alerts -26,143; ebulletin, monthly enews - 83,572. Total emails sent were 274,188.The following were ANRF's achievements62.3% of the population is now protected by 100% smokefree air policies coveringworkplaces, restaurants and bars.2,599 Colleges and Universities are now protected by smokefree policies entirecampus, both indoors and out. 2,162 of them are completely tobacco free and 2,233 prohibit the use of e-cigarettes anywhere on campus. 1,217 also prohibit hookah use, and 571 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 431 Nursing Facilities are protected by smokefree policies everywhere indoors. U.S. Tobacco Control Laws Database: In 2023, the number of municipality records in the database increased to close to 5,975, representing There are close to 19,967 laws in total in the database. Staff analyzed 1,240 laws in 2023 that were new to the Database, and reanalyzed countless more laws to add or amend existing coverage. Smokefree Multi-unit Housing: 101 cities and counties have enacted municipallaws that regulate smoking in private units of multi-unit housing, of which 51jurisdictions meet the best practice standard of requiring all rented and owned multiunit residential properties with 2 or more units to be 100% smokefree indoors for all types of smoking and vaping. 84 of the jurisdictions require that the specified type of multi-unit housing they cover is required to be 100% smokefree indoors. All Public Housing Agencies are required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to have a 100% smokefree policy in place for all public housing properties as of July 31, 2018.2023 LIBRARY & WEBSITE STATSLibrary Tobacco Database: Program staff collected and cataloged 229 new documents for inclusion in the organizations library and updated 1849 existing documents' records. In 2023, reduced and new staffing necessitated different priorities and tasks for the library. Media Contacts: 153 unique news clips related to smokefree air & tobacco issues, with some clips picked up by other news agencies for a minimum of 193 clips. Google News changed its reporting algorithm, and it is now very hard to ascertain how many times specific clips are syndicated.
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