Phase two of Clatsop County’s tobacco-free campus policy is now in effect, putting county facilities off-limits to smoking and other tobacco use.
And the Clatsop County Fairgrounds is joining the move toward healthy public spaces with its own tobacco-free rules.
Last week, signs were installed giving notice that no smoking or tobacco use will be allowed at the Clatsop County Courthouse, Sheriff’s Office/Jail facility and Marine Patrol boat slip in Astoria and the Animal Shelter and Parole and Probation offices in Warrenton, including the grounds around them. They join other county properties including the 800/820 Exchange offices, Judge Guy Boyington Building and Public Works complex that were designated tobacco-free last year.
Clatsop County is one of just four Oregon counties with a tobacco-free campus policy.
“Policies like this are a proven effective method to promote a tobacco-free lifestyle, and to protect people from second-hand smoke,” said Interim Public Health Director Steven Blakesley. “We ask people to respect this policy and help provide a healthy environment for all members of the public who use our facilities.”
In May, the Clatsop County Fair Board voted to enact a tobacco-free policy for the Fairgrounds facilities on Walluski Loop south of Astoria. The new rule states “using tobacco products or smoking or carrying any lighted smoking instrument is prohibited on the fairgrounds.”
The Clatsop County Fairgrounds becomes one of only nine county fairs to go tobacco-free.
The county tobacco-free campus policy is designed to not only create a healthy work site for county staff and the public, but also set an example for youth that tobacco is not part of a healthy lifestyle. According to the Oregon Health Authority, more than one-third of 11th-grade students in Clatsop County either smoke or use smokeless tobacco.
An estimated 5,790 adults in Clatsop County regularly smoke and 1,680 people suffer from a serious illness caused by tobacco. Tobacco-related deaths in the county result in $14.2 million in lost productivity a year.
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