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Edmond may ban smokes near kids

 
BY JOHN WILLIAMS | Published: October 27, 2009    Comment on this article Leave a comment

Edmond’s Parks and Recreation Department is drafting an ordinance to ban smoking at sports fields and around children’s play areas at parks.

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The city of Norman made a decision to ban smoking at parks earlier this year.

Some argue that allowing smoking near children playing in our parks exposes them to secondhand smoke. A smoker might say fatty, sweet treats available at children’s sporting events are doing just as much damage.

If approved, the ban would not restrict smoking in nonplay areas of Edmond parks.

Times have changed from when I grew up in a home where both parents smoked. Fortunately, none of the children picked up the habit. We know a lot more now about the effects of smoking than we did years ago.

What do you think? Is a new ordinance necessary to protect our children’s health or is this another law that infringes on smoker’s rights?

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