Sault Tribe Smoke-Free Housing
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Passes Smoke-free Housing Policy
With a great deal of pride, the Sault Tribe Housing Authority announces that a smoke free housing policy has been adopted. This is a milestone as it is the first Michigan Tribal Housing Authority to do so, and the fifth in the Nation.
On May 17th. 2010, the Housing Authority Board of Commission designated 4 duplexes located in Kincheloe, to be Smoke Free homes.
With providing a healthy living environment being our main goal, the Housing Authority wanted to take this opportunity to give our Tribal people the chance to join the nationwide movement towards becoming smoke free.
Many Tribal and non-Tribal entities worked hard on obtaining this status. The coalition of the Sault Tribe Tobacco Task Force, Sault Tribe Housing Authority, and the Michigan Department of Community Health providing technical assistance, worked for several months to achieve this goal. This could not have been done with out the partnership of MDCH Tobacco Section, Tribal Youth Council and Smoke-free Environments.
