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  • Smoking Bans Continue to Climb in Parks - And Smoker's Wonder Why

    Posted on December 9, 2011 by Mysti Reutlinger

    Parks are lively, filled with color from nature, complete with benches, sidewalks, and playgrounds where children laugh and exert excessive amounts of energy in the open, fresh air. The key of that sentence being, fresh air.

    Communities around the world are recognizing the damaging effects secondhand smoke presents to others, especially to children who are growing and developing. The ability to live life without breathing in potent toxins emitting from the combustion of cigarettes and cigars is a right municipalities are beginning to grant; not through indoor smoking bans - but in ones that extend into the environment outside of businesses, restaurants, and even extending into private homes and vehicles. Continue Reading


    This post was posted in Environment and was tagged with health risks, smoking bans, parks

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