Half of Minnesotans enjoy clean air

Author by Chris Farmer-LiesPosted in Cigarettes, Electronic Cigarettes, Tobacco

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By CHRIS FARMER-LIES

The city of Duluth was the first in the state to adopt a clean indoor air ordinance that includes electronic cigarettes in September 2013. As of today, almost half of all Minnesotans live in a city or county with a comprehensive clean indoor air ordinance, according to ClearWay Minnesota. This includes Hennepin and Ramsey counties, the two most populous counties in Minnesota. Carver County, Waconia, Steele County, Moorhead, and Wilkin County have all adopted comprehensive clean indoor air ordinances in the last few weeks.

A February 2014 poll by ClearWay and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota found that 79 percent of Minnesotans support including electronic cigarettes in the state Clean Indoor Air Act. However, repeated proposals at the legislature have been unsuccessful.

 

Published by Chris Farmer-Lies

I'm a senior policy analyst at the Association for Nonsmokers - Minnesota, a small nonprofit which has spent more than forty years working to reduce the number of young smokers and advocate for the rights and health of nonsmokers. With a few colleagues, I blog for Project WATCH, (Working Against Tobacco Companies' Harm) which focuses on the marketing tactics, business practices, and other types of chicanery from the tobacco industry.

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