Smoking Ban in Place in Ann Arbor Parks from February

Starting from February 1, city of Ann Arbor in US state of Michigan will no longer allow smoking in its 73 parks with playgounds and 4 downtown parks. The change was approved around ten months ago, when the City Council passed an outdoor smoking ordinance permitting the city administrator and Park Advisory Commission to designate

Ypsilanti Bans Smoking at Three Children’s Playgrounds

City Council in Ypsilanti, Michigan, last week approved an ordinance that would prohibit smoking at all three children’s playgrounds in the city. According to Bob Krzewinski of the Ypsilanti Parks and Recreation Commission, they have no intention to make this policy a priority and no one will be sitting out there and writing tickets. The

Kent County Discusses Smoking Ban in Parks

In the Kent County, Michigan, there was proposed to ban smoking in all parks. At the moment the proposal is under the review of Council. According to Keith Mumford, the county’s parks and recreation director, the smoking ban is going to touch only 6 city parks including Browns Branch Park in Harrington, Brecknock Park in