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IN Tobacco -Free Policies For Recreation Facilities areas promote • Parks are established to promote healthy activities. The purpose of park areas is to promote community wellness, and tobacco -free policies fit with this idea. • Secondhand smoke harms everyone. Secondhand smoke is a human carcinogen for which there is no safe level of exposure. Exposure to secondhand smoke has immediate health consequenses such as asthma attacks and other res- piratory diseases. • Secondhand smoke is harmful in outdoor settings. Ac- cording to Repace Associates, secondhand smoke levels in outdoor public places can reach levels as high as those found in indoor facilities where smoking is permitted. • Cigarette litter is dangerous. Discarded cigarettes pol- lute the land and water and may be ingested by toddlers, pets, birds or fish. • Tobacco free policies help change community norms. Tobacco -free policies establish the community norm that tobacco use is not an acceptable behavior for young people or adults within the entire community. Why are Minnesota cities adopting tobacco -free park policies? ® Most Minnesotans support tobacco free park and rec- reation policies. A 2004 University of Minnesota survey found that 70% of Minnesota residents support tobacco -free park and recreation areas. In addition, 66% of golfers and 73% of families with children support these policies. • Policies provide consistency among community athletic facilities and groups. The majority of community sporting events are held at either city or school district athletic facili- ties, and nearly all school districts prohibit tobacco use on their entire grounds. Also, many community athletic associa- tions have policies but use city recreation facilities and would benefit from a city-wide policy. Policies reduce litter and maintenance costs. In a 2004 survey, 58% of Minnesota park directors in cities with poli- cies reported cleaner park areas. Tobacco free environments promote positive community role modeling and protect the health, safety, and welfare of community members. for Nonsmokers --Minnesota rsity Ave. West, # 310 N 55114-1512 :005; tfyr@ansrmn.org The Tobacco -Free Youth Recreation Initiative Tobacco -Free Youth Recreation (TFYR) is Minnesota's statewide recreation -based tobacco prevention program that assists recreational groups in promoting healthy tobacco -free lifestyles. TFYR offers assistance in tobacco -free policy development and implementation and also distributes materials that promote the tobacco -free sports message throughout Minnesota. signsPolicy adoption assistance & FREE . b - through TFYR offers municipal park & recreation departments techni- cal assistance in tobacco -free policy development. To help with policy implementation, TFYR provides 12" x 18" metal blue & white tobacco -free signs for FREE to Minnesota cities that adopt comprehensive tobacco -free policies for their outdoorrecreational facilities (limit 100 per community). To qualify for the signs, the tobacco -free policy4 • Eden Prairie must include: ��<t.0•FAfplo � y • Alexandria • A list of all the facilities it covers. � . • A statement that all forms of tobacco use lbbUse is • are prohibited. • NwdYngAmerica • An enforcement plan that includes ..aeco On s YarkPirop..�.. Elk River a) community and staff notification; and Owatonna • Anoka County Tobacco -Free Signs b) signage. Contact TFYR staff (see below left) for policy adoption assistance. Once a policy has been adopted in your community, send a copy of the policy and a completed sign order form to TFYR. Download an order form from our web site at <www. ansrmn. org>. Minnesota Cities with Tobacco -Free Outdoor Recreational Facilities • Altkin • Eden Prairie • New Brighton • Alexandria • Edina . New York Mills • Andover • Elbow Lake • NwdYngAmerica • Anoka • Elk River • Owatonna • Anoka County • Ellsworth • Parkers Prairie • Arden Hills • Eveleth • Pelican Rapids • Aurora • Faribault . Plymouth • Austin • Fayal Township • Prinsburg • Battle Lake • Fergus Falls . Ramsey • Baxter • Golden Valley • Richfield • Biwabik • Grand Rapids • Robbinsdale • Bloomington • Henning • Rochester • Brainerd • Hemmntown . Rock County • Breckenridge • Hibbing • Roseville • Brooklyn Center • Hoyt Lakes • Sarteil • Buhl • Int'I Falls • Savage • Callaway • Kent • Shoreview • Champlin • La Prairie • Spicer • Cloquet • Luverne • St. Cloud • Cohasset • Mahtomedl • St. Paul • Coon Rapids • Maple Grove • Virginia • Crookston • Maplewood Y Wheaton • Dassel • Marshall • Williams • Dayton • Mendota Heights • Willmar • Donnelly • Monticello • Wolverton • Duluth • Morris • Zimmerman • Eagan • Mountain Iron 0 Eagle Lake Apr. 2006