This Thursday is the 36th anniversary of the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout, an event encouraging smokers to quit, if just for a day. In commemoration of the day, the communities of Brocton and Portland have announced newly established smoke-free zones.
On Monday, the Tri-County Tobacco-Free Program supplied the signs to post to the areas. The signs were presented at the Portland Town Hall.
Roxane Sobecki, town clerk in Portland, said, "The places that are now smoke free are Portland Town Hall property, the Community Park in Portland, Arch Park for Brocton, Brocton's Little League fields, and Brocton Village Office property. We (the town) did the resolution at the October's meeting.
"It was so nice to work with them (Tri-County Tobacco Free). The library applied first, and that's how I found out about it. I wasn't sure, but found out that we qualified (for the signs) as well."
Ahira Memorial Library in Brocton, Darwin Barker Library in Fredonia and Minerva Library in Sherman also recently established their tobacco-free outdoor areas.
Laurie Adams, Tri-County Tobacco Free Program Director said, "Establishing tobacco free property and grounds is a proven way to reduce the social acceptability of tobacco use, encourage smokers to quit and make sure our youth don't start. Across the state hundreds of communities and businesses have established tobacco free outdoor policies because we know that secondhand smoke is a class A carcinogen - a substance known to cause cancer. There's no safe level of secondhand smoke exposure. If you can smell it, secondhand smoke is harming you. Cigarette butts are a danger to our children and to the environment. We applaud the actions taken by Brocton, Portland, and many other communities in our country. We ask adults to please observe the policy and help protect our children and the environment."
Brocton Village Trustee Art Donovan commented, "I am all in favor of this. I smoked for about 48 years. I used the patch and quit 13 years ago. I have had bladder cancer and one of my lungs has a problem. I know that it is my fault for smoking. I would be willing to talk to groups through a hospital and tell them my story."
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