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HomeNewsNo Tobacco Signs at Saratoga Recreation Center

No Tobacco Signs at Saratoga Recreation Center

Posted on 02.12.11 by pcadmin

By Ashe Reardon
February 12, 2011 2:41 PM
CBS6- WRGB

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Springs Recreation Department has begun posting no smoking signs around the Saratoga Springs Recreation Center.The signs, which read “This is a Tobacco-Free Recreation Site”, have been placed at the front and back doors of the recreation center.CBS6 Fact Finders have compiled the following list of public places that ban tobacco.

In Schenectady County, Niskayuna’s parks are all smoke free. Same with Rotterdam and Scotia. In Schenectady City, there is a tobacco ban for all municipal pools and tiny tot land in Central Park.

In Albany County, Green Island and Voorheesville ban smoking in all public areas of parks and playgrounds. In Rensselaer County’s Sand Lake, there is no smoking in any town park or on the town beach. Moreau in Saratoga County has a similar ban.Also in Saratoga County, Clifton Parks’ three outdoor pools are smoke free. And the Saratoga Lake Waterfront Park is entirely smoke-free.

In Warren County, Glens Falls and Queensbury are smoke-free. In Washington County,the town and village of Fort Edward prohibit tobacco at playgrounds.

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