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No-smoking signs to start appearing in Indian River County parks 

Signs encouraging the public to go smoke free in public parks will be appearing throughout Indian River County, as part of a $50,000 Tobacco and Chronic Disease Intervention grant to the Health Department.

“We need to keep the message out there,” said Tina Zayas, who coordinates the Healthy Communities, Healthy People program for Indian River County. “It’s important to remind our residents that smoking is not good for you and they certainly shouldn’t be smoking in public places.”

The signs, which are considered to be advisory and do not carry an enforcement component such as fines, are available to park officials as well as local businesses, Zayas said. The grant provides up to $5,000 for signage as part of the stop smoking component.

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