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Officials approve proposal to make Bowen Field tobacco-free 

Bluefield's Bowen Field will soon be a tobacco-free facility.

"Officially, we've been in discussions with the ballpark for a couple of years about going tobacco-free," Community Connections Executive Director Greg Puckett said. "We've done surveys of the participants at games as recently as last year asking for their preference. The general consensus, as well as the Division of Tobacco Prevention, is we should be working on tobacco free parks and recreational facilities."

Puckett said late Tuesday evening that the measure had been passed by the city Board of Directors. Board member Ron Crabtree made the motion to accept the proposal and board member Mary Frances Brammer seconded it.

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