Tobacco-Free Zones Established in Lansdale Parks
Tobacco use is now banned from pools, parks, athletic fields, ballfields, tennis and basketball courts — and everywhere else children play on borough-owned properties
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Smokers and chewing tobacco addicts — it's now illegal to feed your addiction anywhere that children play in Lansdale Borough. If you do, you will be ejected from the area.
With a unanimous vote last week, Lansdale Borough Council snuffed out tobacco use with a tobacco ban at pools, athletic fields, ballfields, tennis courts, basketball courts — and everywhere else that children play on borough-owned properties.
Signs will soon be posted designating such places as tobacco-free zones under Penn State Cooperative Extension and Pennsylvania Department of Health's Southeastern Pennsylvania Tobacco Control Project's "Young Lungs at Play" campaign.
Violaters who do not comply with the law will be ejected from the specific play area. Repeated violations will result in a fine from Lansdale Borough Police.
"I'm very thrilled that we have this passed," said Councilman Rich DiGregorio. "I was talking to the baseball association, and Cannoneers football and cheerleading, and everybody's really thrilled we did this."
The following areas are now tobacco-free zones:
- Fourth Street Park, including the pool, basketball court, tennis court, T-ball fields and playground
- Memorial Park, including Weaver Field and grandstand and the tennis courts
- Moyer's Road Park, including the multipurpose ballfield
- Moyer's Road Little League Complex
- Schweiker Park (The borough will be working in conjunction with Hatfield Township on approval, as this park is jointly owned).
- Stony Creek Park playground
- Wedgewood Park, including the basketball court, tennis court and playground
- West Fifth Street Park, including the multipurpose ballfield, rest room shelter, basketball court and playground
- White's Road Park, including the pool, playground, basketball court and tennis courts
- York and Susquehanna Park playground
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Ed Quigley
10:12 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
This is silly. Really want to do something? Then ban cars.
patchifier
7:50 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
Aha! Yes, finally something good that can come from the Wood Vine Connector! Once that's complete, there'll be no reason for cars to be on Main between Broad and Wood - no car zone here we come! :-)
chassity
8:14 am on Thursday, December 6, 2012
It's not silly when u have small children or u urself can't be around smoke and u goto an outside venue and have to worry about someone standing next to u smoking. It's not a secret that smoking causes many deadly illnesses so why would u light up next to anyone looking to be in nature or fresh air most importantly innocent young children playing at a park. The old "what r u gonna ban next?" Won't work on me. If its something like heroin or alcohol or some other addictive killer... ban away!!!!! Watch someone close to you die a horrible long drawn out death from something like this and maybe it will change your mind and if it doesn't maybe u need to reevaluate your life.
Ed Quigley
12:11 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
Your name...are you trying to spell "chastity"? Now there's a ban on something that really causes a lot of pain and suffering. And if you can't be around smoke, how do you handle automobile exhaust fumes. And God help you and your precious children if you or they have to walk past an elderly gentleman sitting on a park bench puffing on his corncob pipe.
Ed Quigley
12:13 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
I'm trying to think of something else we can ban -- like sneezing outdoors. That would make me feel good and protect lots of precious little kids.