• Healthy Campus Network: 2007 Campus Tobacco Policy Report (PDF)
  This report includes data from 31 Healthy Campus Network schools regarding indoor and outdoor areas, sales and advertising of tobacco products, availability of health services, and new tobacco control efforts on campuses.
   
• The Healthy Campus Tobacco-Free Newsletter for Spring 2008 is now available online. Visit the newsletter section of this site to download a copy.
   
• The 2007 College Health Summit and The Healthy Campus Conference were held on November 15 and 16, 2007. Presentations from the conferences are now available for download.
   
• Congratulations to Minnesota’s Smoke-Free Campuses!
  The following institutions have completely smoke-free campuses:
  Northwest Technical College, effective August 1, 2004
  University of Minnesota – Duluth, effective September 1, 2007
  Minnesota State University – Moorhead, effective January 1, 2008
  
  Contact Maria Rangel at mrangel@bhs.umn.edu or 612-626-5520 if you are aware of other campuses that are completely smoke-free.
   
• ClearWay Minnesota's Website www.freshairmn.org
  On August 16th, 2007, ClearWay Minnesota launched www.freshairmn.org, a website designed to help Minnesotans prepare for the October 1st enactment of the Freedom to Breathe Act of 2007. The website provides information and resources to help Minnesota’s business community and public transition to going smoke-free. Available information includes; tips on how to help businesses with customer compliance and employee implementation, how to order free smoke-free signs, and how the public can access smoking cessation resources. This website is a great resource for our communities.
  
  
• University of MN Duluth goes smoke-free!
  
  As of September 1st, 2007 the University of MN Duluth will be a smoke-free campus. The Chancellor announced on Monday, July 9th the new campus smoking policy. This is exciting news and we applaud the efforts of the UMD Student Health Advisory Committee and the UMD Campus Safety, Health and Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee and the Chancellor for their leadership in the arena of smoke-free campuses.
  See more information on the policy.
  
   
• Freedom to Breathe Act of 2007
  In 1975, Minnesota became the first state to pass legislation limiting smoking in the workplace. The historic Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act required separate no-smoking areas in most indoor work environments with the notable exception of bars
  
  Now, Minnesota has passed the Freedom to Breathe Act of 2007, which will extend secondhand smoke protections to virtually all indoor workplaces, including bars and restaurants. The Freedom to Breathe bill was passed by a bipartisan majority of lawmakers and signed into law by Governor Tim Pawlenty on May 16, 2007. The law, which goes into effect on October 1, makes Minnesota the twentieth state to go smoke-free.
  
  Highlights of the new law:
  
  * No smoking is allowed in bars, restaurants, private clubs or other workplaces.
  * Smoking is permitted on outdoor patios, but is subject to regulation at the local level
  * Indoor smoking is prohibited in public places and places of work, except in scientific studies, theatrical productions (by actors) and traditional Native American ceremonies; in hotel and motel guestrooms, tobacco shops (for product sampling), a disabled veterans rest camp in Washington County and locked psychiatric units; and on family farms.
   

• Healthy Campus Spring Conference 2007
  Presentations and articles available for download.

On Monday, April 30th over 30 Healthy Campus members gathered to talk about campus tobacco policies and learn about the latest research in this area from national expert Dr. Abigail Halperin from University of Washington’s Center for Health Education & Research.

Dr. Halperin’s presentation and recommended articles on campus tobacco policy and cessation services for college students are available for download.

• Data & Statistics Page
  
  2005 and 2006 Core Survey Reports for University of Minnesota and Participating Schools are now available for download.