Miami Township parks will be smoke and vape free January 1st

Miami Township, Ohio – Beginning on January 1, 2017 Miami Township parks will be smoke and vape free. The resolution to not permit smoking, vaping and the use of tobacco products in the parks was passed after having three public meetings on the topic.

“These types of smoke and tobacco free regulations are becoming increasingly more common in Ohio. Locally, all of the Milford School District campuses and athletic fields in Miami Township have been smoke and tobacco free for a few years,” said in their Winter newsletter.

The Board had received a couple of presentations this year from the Tobacco-Free Alliance sub-committee of the Partners for a Drug-Free Milford Miami Township proposing that the Township adopt a tobacco/smoke/vape free parks policy. The Tobacco-Free Alliance presented data from several on-line and in-person surveys they conducted locally of residents and park users showing that the overwhelming majority of respondents would be in favor of such a ban. Communities have adopted smoke and tobacco free parks to reduce second-hand smoke, reduce the littering caused by discarded cigarette butts and to provide better role modeling for the youth using parks and public spaces. The rule will not only apply to the Township parks, but also to campuses such as the Civic Center, Police Station and Fire Stations.