Grass Valley Mayor Meinrad Kuettel with one of the new smoke/vape free signs for the city’s park.
Contributed photoGRASS VALLEY — Grass Valley has adopted a smoke/vape-free parks policy, and four new signs promoting the policy — and offering free cessation help from North Central Public Health District (NCPHD) — will soon be displayed throughout the park.
The Grass Valley City Council adopted the policy earlier this fall, after one of the city councilors saw a press release about the City of Wasco recently adopting its own policy and getting NCPHD-provided signs to promote it.
Grass Valley City Councilor Bonne Whitley had called NCPHD last summer asking if her city could also get signs. The council unanimously voted in September to adopt the policy, and the signs arrived last week. The sign provides a QR code that takes people to NCPHD’s website, ncphd.org/tobacco-programs, where they can sign up for free in-person tobacco cessation counseling for all ages, and free nicotine patches, gum or lozenges for those 18 and older in Sherman, Wasco and Hood River counties.
Tobacco-free policies also help reduce littering and fire danger from discarded butts, and help people who have quit or are trying to quit, since they are not triggered by seeing someone smoke or vape. For more information, contact Tobacco Prevention and Education Program Coordinator Neita Cecil, neitac@ncphd.org or 541-506-2609.
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Una versión en español de esta historia está en línea en www.columbiagorgenews.com/enespanol.
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