City of Toronto Play Areas Now Smoke-free

When you and your children visit a City of Toronto park playground, wading pool, splash pad, park zoo or farm, remember that under the amendment to the Municipal Bylaw, Chapter 608, smoking is not allowed within a 9 metre or 29.5 foot radius of play areas including:

• The surrounding edge of any playground safety surface or playground equipment. 
• The surrounding edge of wading pool basins or safety surfaces of splash pads.  
• There are over 833 playgrounds in Toronto parks. Here’s some reasons why City park play areas are smoke-free:  
• Second-hand smoke harms your child’s growing body.  
• Seeing a caregiver or loved one smoking increases the chance your kids will try smoking.  
• Young children could eat toxic cigarette butts or choke on them.  
• Your child has more smoke-free places to play, now that both the schools and Parks, Forestry & Recreation playgrounds ban smoking.  
• Cigarette butts release harmful toxins into the ground and take a long time to decompose or biodegrade.  
• Be a good role model – be smoke-free.