Politics & Government

Take Shoreline's Tobacco-Free Parks Survey

City is seeking input before a likely ban on smoking and tobacco use in city parks

In September 2011, the Shoreline City Council adopted a Healthy City Strategy Work Plan for Shoreline titled Shoreline4Health. One strategy goal of this plan is to establish a tobacco-free zone in all of Shoreline's parks and public sites.

To hear from the community about this goal, the City is seeking input regarding prohibiting smoking and tobacco use in Shoreline parks.

The Council gave its approval last month to have the Parks Department construct a very short and completely anonymous survey, which is linked to here. The Council plans to review the plan and the results of the survey in May or June.

The likely cost of banning smoking in parks is several thousand dollars for signs. Up to 70 percent of King County residents favor banning smoking in public parks and 90 percent of county residents are non-smokers. The city of Los Angeles banned smoking in its parks without any public input.

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Mayor Keith McGlashan asked if people would be calling the police to enforce the law. Councilmember Shari Winstead said, "We can count on people to police each other." 

Councilmember Jesse Salomon said he favored a fine for smoking in parks. 

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For more information about Shoreline4Health or tobacco free parks, please feel free to contact John Norris, Management Analyst, at (206) 801-2216, or via email at jnorris@shoreilnewa.gov.

Source: City of Shoreline.


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