Smoke Free Parks
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NC Parks and Recreation
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Children face a higher risk than adults of the negative effects of secondhand smoke. Not only is a child's body still developing physically, but their breathing rate is faster than that of adults.
When the air is tainted with cigarette smoke, young, developing lungs receive a higher concentration of inhaled toxins than do older lungs. And think about it: young children have less control over their surroundings than the rest of us. Babies can't move to another room because the air is smoky. They depend on us to provide them with clean air to breathe.
Smoking should not be allowed in parks where children play.
Children face a higher risk than adults of the negative effects of secondhand smoke. Not only is a child's body still developing physically, but their breathing rate is faster than that of adults.
When the air is tainted with cigarette smoke, young, developing lungs receive a higher concentration of inhaled toxins than do older lungs. And think about it: young children have less control over their surroundings than the rest of us. Babies can't move to another room because the air is smoky. They depend on us to provide them with clean air to breathe.
Smoking should not be allowed in parks where children play.
12 Signatures
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Mary Call
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- LET'S HAVE ALL PARKS 'SMOKE FREE'
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Vanity Womack
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Amy Stone
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Jennifer Stone
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Heather Moore
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Jennifer Wilson
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- Im a smoker, I dont have any children yet. If I were to have children I would not want to subject them to the second hand smoke.
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Amanda Grate
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Stephanie Torres
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- I completely agree, not just for North Carolina but for parks all over the US. Let's finally, as a nation, do something good and healthy for our children for once!
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Jennifer Marshall
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keisha jordan
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Donna Parks
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Celena E. Watson
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- Let's make this happen!!
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