Tenant Demographics
 Think you might lose out on tenants and rent income if you go smoke-free? Think again:
• 82% of Maine adults are NON-smokers. (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data 2009)
• Recent Maine public housing surveys indicate that as many as 78% of tenants would choose to live in a smoke-free complex.
• A recent random sample survey of 160 Minneapolis/St. Paul renters found that 55% had moved or would move from an apartment because of secondhand smoke seepage. No one said they would move because of smoke-free air in the apartment.
• A 2001 random sample poll conducted by the nationally respected Field Research Corporation surveyed 1,800 California residents and found that over 63% agree that apartment complexes should make at least 50% of their rental units smoke-free.
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