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Dear Mounds View Park and Recreation Commission: <br />I am writing to express my support for tobacco -free recreation <br />environments for the Mounds View & Irondale Community. As a teacher <br />and coach at Irondale High School, I can see the importance in a healthy <br />and safe- place for the children to be able to be at. By supporting a <br />tobacco -free policy, the Park and Recreation Commission can send a clear <br />message that you care about the health of young people and want them to <br />make positive lifestyle decisions. As a high school and youth coach, I <br />have seen the frustration when using a park only to have people smoking <br />around the team. <br />Tobacco use not only exposes participants and spectators to the harmful <br />effects of second-hand smoke, but it is also a nuisance and safety <br />concern. The litter caused by tobacco use diminishes the beauty of the <br />city's recreational facilities and can be accidentally ingested by young <br />children. Tobacco use in these settings also sends negative messages to <br />our youth that tobacco use is an acceptable behavior within our <br />community. <br />I hope that the Mounds View Park and Recreation Commission can take <br />the lead and ban tobacco use at all city -owned parks and recreation <br />facilities. <br />Thank you for your consideration of the adoption of such a tobacco -free <br />policy. <br />Sincerely, <br />A7 <br />Tom Rodefeld <br />Irondale Teacher and Coach <br />