Playgrounds designated as tobacco-free areas
Little Falls, N.Y. -
The Little Falls Common Council Tuesday approved a resolution designating the Furnace Street and Columbus Park playgrounds as tobacco-free playgrounds.
The council made the designation to protect the health, welfare and safety of people utilizing the playgrounds, citing their commitment to providing a high quality of living for all residents. They also cited their beliefs that tobacco products, once consumed in public spaces, are often discarded on the ground, thus posing a risk to toddlers and causing a littler problem; as parents, leaders, coaches and officials they are thought of as role models, and that the use of tobacco products around youth has a negative effect on their lifestyle choices; and that tobacco product use in the proximity of children, youth and adults engaging in watching recreational activities is unhealthy and detrimental to the health of others.
“The emphasis on enforcing the tobacco-free playgrounds is through voluntary compliance,” said Mayor Bob Peters. “City staff will make periodic observations of these activity sites to monitor compliance and to help promote awareness of the tobacco-free policy.”
Peters added that the city Department of Public Works will erect signs at the playgrounds to notify patrons that they are tobacco-free areas.




