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Attachment 1 +%9 &).$).'3 A vast majority of all respondents oking in their units including 97 percent in smoke-free properties and 86 percent in smoking-permitted properties. This includes the use of cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, water or regular pipes, hookahs and bidis. Almost all respondents (92%) do not allow vaping in their apartments. Almost half of respondents are exposed to secondhand smoke every day, a few times a year, a few times a month, or a few times a week. This includes 46 percent in smoke- free properties and 47 percent in smoking-permitted properties. Negative health impacts from secondhand smoke exposure were reported by 27 respondents. Respondents with lower incomes or who identified as people of color were over represented in smoking-permitted properties. A majority of respondents surveyed (79%) support a smoke-free property-wide policy for their smoking-permitted property. The vast majority of all respondents indicated that they would support a citywide policy requiring property owners to disclose what their smoking policy is prior to a new resident signing a lease (including 96 percent in smoke-free properties and 86 percent in smoking-permitted properties) The majority of all respondents indicated that they would support a citywide ordinance requiring all multi-unit housing to be smoke free. This includes 84 percent in smoke-free properties and 72 percent in smoking-permitted properties. BACKGROUND The City of Saint Paul and Ramsey County have been leaders in trying to reduce the harms caused by tobacco. They were among the first in the state to make their own work places smoke free and then passed ordinances making bars and restaurants smoke free. They have proactively worked to prevent youth from starting to smoke by getting rid of tobacco vending machines, restricting the sale of fruit and candy flavored tobacco products, and limiting some advertising. Ramsey County was one of the first counties to mandate that foster care homes be smoke free. In Fall 2018, Saint Paul - Ramsey County Public Health (SPRCPH) and the Association for Non- select multi-unit properties within the county (both smoke free and smoking permitted) asking to survey property managers and residents on the topic of smoke-free housing. The goal of the resident survey was to learn about smoking in apartments, what residents think about secondhand smoke and what they think about a smoke-free policy for the building where they live and for properties citywide. Page 2 of 2 Qbhf!8:!pg!33: