Smoke-free Play Areas
When you and your children visit a City park playground, wading pool, splash pad, park zoo or farm, remember that under the amendment to the Municipal Bylaw, Chapter 608, smoking is not allowed within a 9 metre or 29.5 foot radius of play areas including:
The surrounding edge of any playground safety surface or playground equipment.
The surrounding edge of wading pool basins or safety surfaces of splash pads.
There are over 833 playgrounds in Toronto parks. Here’s some reasons why City park play areas are smoke-free:
Second-hand smoke harms your child’s growing body.
Seeing a caregiver or loved one smoking increases the chance your kids will try smoking.
Young children could eat toxic cigarette butts or choke on them.
Your child has more smoke-free places to play, now that both the schools and Parks, Forestry & Recreation playgrounds ban smoking.
Cigarette butts release harmful toxins into the ground and take a long time to decompose or biodegrade.
