Why smoke-free outdoor sports and recreation?
- To protect athletes, spectators, officials and volunteers from the harm caused by second hand smoke.
- To ensure that our children realize that smoking is not a part of an active, healthy lifestyle.
- To encourage everyone to live a smoke free life.
- To enjoy our outdoor sport and recreation areas we must be assured that we can breathe good, clean, healthy air.
A recent study by Stafford, Daube and Franklin in Austrailia has shown that there is no safe level of exposure to second hand smoke – even in outdoor areas.
Smoke free outdoor sport and recreation grounds is endorsed by:
- Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador
- Recreation Newfoundland and Labrador
- The Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Association
- The Newfoundland and Labrador Amateur Baseball Association
- Softball Newfoundland and Labrador
To date, the following communities with populations over 900 have implemented a smoke-free outdoor recreation and sport areas and events policy. If your community has a smoke-free policy and it is not listed here, please contact us and let us know!
| Arnold’s Cove Avondale Baie Verte Bauline Bay Bulls Bay Roberts Birchy Bay Bishop’s Falls Bonavista Brigus Burgeo Burin Cape St. George Carbonear Carmanville Centreville-Wareham-Trinity Channel-Port aux Basques Charlottetown Clarenville Clarkes Beach Conception Bay South Conception Harbour Corner Brook Cox’s Cove Deer Lake Fogo Fortune Gambo Gander Glenwood Glovertown Grand Bank Grand Falls-Windsor Hant’s Harbour Happy Valley-Goose Bay Harbour Breton Harbour Grace Harbour Main Chapels Cove-Lakeview Holyrood Isle aux Morts Kippens Labrador City Lewisporte | Mary’s Harbour Marystown Miles Cove Milltown-Head of Bay D’Espoir Mount Moriah Mount Pearl Nain Inuit Community Government Norris Arm Norris Point Northern Arm Paradise Pasadena Peterview Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove Placentia Port Blandford Port Saunders Portugal Cove – St. Phillips Pouch Cove Ramea Renews-Cappahayden Rocky Harbour Roddickton Rose Blance-Harbour Le Cou Salmon Cove St. Alban’s St. Anthony St. Lawrence St. John’s Spaniard’s Bay Springdale Stephenville Stephenville Crossing Summerford Terrenceville Torbay Trinity Bay North Triton Twillingate Upper Island Cove Victoria Wabana Wabush Whitbourne Witless Bay |
Recently the Town of Flatrock, the town of Massey Drive, the town of New-Wes-Valley and the town of St. George’s have also declared their sport and recreation grounds to be smoke free. Congratulations!
TOTAL POPULATION INVOLVED – 366,774
If you would like more information on this issue or would like to speak about the policies already in place in some communities please contact the ACT office.
