Fredericksburg Joins Share the Air Awareness Campaign In Park Areas

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — The City of Fredericksburg Parks, Recreation and Events Department has joined the Share The Air awareness campaign by working to make all of its parks and outdoor recreational areas smoke-free, vapor-free and tobacco-free.

The new guidelines apply to the city’s parklands, park facilities, open public spaces, playgrounds, shelters and trails. The primary goal of this statewide campaign is to create 100-percent tobacco-free outdoor public spaces by encouraging local parks and recreation departments and government officials to adopt comprehensive tobacco-free and e-cigarette-free outdoor practices.

The newly implemented practice is expected to have several positive effects, including reducing tobacco and vape litter, minimizing residents' exposure to secondhand smoke and promoting positive role modeling for youth who frequent our open green spaces.

Fredericksburg is joining more than 15 other Share the Air partners across Virginia in the effort.

“We are excited to partner with Share The Air to provide safe and healthy places to play and recreate,” said Todd Brown, Director of Parks, Recreation and Events. “Fredericksburg City residents and visiting park users will begin seeing the Share the Air signs in our parks this spring.”