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Proposed Conway parks smoking ban softened  

A proposed ordinance intended to address air quality and litter issues at Conway parks by banning smoking has been revised, calling now for the creation of designated smoking areas rather than banning tobacco use outright.

Consideration of the revised ordinance is on the Conway City Council agenda for Tuesday night’s meeting.

Aldermen discussed in January an ordinance banning the use of any sort of tobacco anywhere in city parks, with the need for such an ordinance evidenced at that meeting by a pair of plastic jugs filled with cigarette butts collected from Laurel Park — mostly near the playground — by members of the Asian Pacific Coalition for Smoke Free Arkansas.

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