SMOKE-FREE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS & PARKS

Smoke-free Town-owned buildings and park grounds. As of November 3, 2015 all local government-owned building or park owned, leased, occupied, or operated by the Town of China Grove.
Smoke-free is defined as the use or possession of a lighted cigarette, lighted cigar, lighted cigarillo, lighted pipe, or other lighted tobacco product; or electronic oral device that employs a mechanical heating element, battery, or electronic circuit that heat a liquid nicotine solution or any other substance in order to use or inhale which simulates smoking.
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For more information on the effects of smoking, cancer or to get help to quit smoking:
Benefits of Smoke-Free Environments:
- Protects people from secondhand smoke exposure
- Supports and encourages people to quit smoking
- Provides positive role modeling to youth which can keep kids from starting
- Reduces tobacco litter and fire hazard
- Reduces overall smoking/tobacco use rates
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For more information on the effects of smoking, cancer or to get help to quit smoking:
- Quitline: 1-800-QUIT-NOW or http://www.quitlinenc.com/
- SmokeFreeNC: http://tobaccopreventionandcontrol.ncdhhs.gov/smokefreenc/
- American Cancer Society: https://www.cancer.org/