[Adopted by the Board of Selectmen 7-9-2002]
The purpose of the following policy is to prohibit smoking at Town of Conway Recreation Department properties.
[Amended 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29]
To ensure the safety and well being of its constituents, the Town of Conway is committed to providing athletic skill building, fun and creative recreational activities in a tobacco-free environment. Tobacco is extremely unhealthy and addictive. It contributes to, or is a direct cause of, serious illness and fatal disease. Passive smoke is also unhealthy and categorized as a carcinogen that can contribute to serious illness for the nonsmoker. Furthermore, New Hampshire law, RSA 126-K:4, states that no person under 18 years of age shall purchase, use, or possess tobacco products; and New Hampshire law RSA 169-B:32 permits a juvenile age 12 or older, who is in possession of tobacco products, to be treated as an adult and given a District Court summons.
Policy objectives are:
A. 
To set a good example for youth.
B. 
To promote healthy living.
C. 
To reduce the number of children who start smoking.
D. 
To protect families from breathing secondhand smoke.
A. 
The Town of Conway prohibits the smoking of any tobacco products by any individual, regardless of age, while on the Town Recreation Department properties listed below:
(1) 
Conway Recreation Center.
(2) 
Whitaker Meeting House, Whitaker Woods and Whitaker Field.
(3) 
Smith-Eastman Park.
(4) 
Davis Park and Beach.
(5) 
Conway Lake Beach and parking lot.
(6) 
Schouler Park.
(7) 
Hussey Field.
B. 
Signs will be posted so that the general public will be aware of this policy. Members of the public who do not adhere to this policy will be asked to leave the premises.