The ban could be extended to sports fields and to all parts of city parks.
Jump to full article: Walla Walla (WA) Union-Bulletin, 2009-10-18
Author: SHEILA HAGAR of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Intro: People will have an opportunity to see what the smoke signals say at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Council chambers at City Hall, 15 N. Third Ave.
The Walla Walla Parks, Recreation and Urban Forestry advisory board has scheduled the meeting to gather public input on a proposal to ban smoking within 25 feet of children's playgrounds in city parks.
Tobacco prevention coordinator Katie Redar of the Walla Walla County Public Health Department has been working on the idea since last spring when she collected almost 400 cigarette butts from the wood chips at Pioneer Park's playground area.
Comments on the proposal -- and thoughts about banning smoking within 25 feet of sports fields and possibly banning smoking in all parts of city parks -- are sought.
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