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• Increase the cigarette tax.

• Strengthen smoking ordinances
statewide.

• Introduce a state law to ban smoking
in cars with children. Provide smoking
cessation programs.

• Implement/introduce policies to create
smoke-free housing.

• Create a seal of recognition for smoke-
free compliant rental and multi-family
housing units.
• Promote/enforce ordinances that

protect against unhealthy home
environments such as pest infestations
and mold and hold landlords
accountable for safe living conditions.

• Identify and create access to asthma trigger mitigation funding.
• Disseminate home trigger assessment tools and identify who can receive home assessments.

• Increase capacity for home visits, especially for newly diagnosed patients.

• Advocate for more natural processes to receive accommodations in rental housing for people
with asthma.

• Measure, and improve when necessary, air quality in schools.
• Create policies within schools to eliminate sprays, aerosols, essential oils and perfumes.

• Work with governmental departments to create a compliance plan for air quality in schools and
monitor the air quality.

• Collaborate with corporate wellness efforts to disseminate information about workplace
asthma triggers.

• Identify and distribute air quality measurement tools for schools, workplaces, and homes.
• Advocate for policies that improve air quality.

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