Smoking Ban at Haddad

Smokers wanting to fire up at Haddad Riverfront Park during public events will now have to move up to Kanawha Boulevard before doing so. Charleston City Council members unanimously approved a resolution that prohibits smoking a pipe, cigarette or cigar during public events at the park. The park is defined as the publicly owned area from the north shore of the Kanawha River to Kanawha Boulevard.

Availability of Contraband Tobacco Puts Kids at Risk

Jacqueline Bradley is calling on all Canadians to educate themselves to this problem and pressure federal, provincial and local politicians to put an end to it. “I am the mother of two teenage daughters and one came home from a party and told me they were handing cigarettes out of zip-lock baggies,” Bradley said. “Some of them were being given away for a toonie each and some of them were being handed out like Pez. “I am a non-smoking family, generationally non-smoking. I thought I was safe given that the convenience stores have to keep them behind closed and locked (doors) and there’s quite a process for children to get cigarettes. There’s all sorts of regulations in place and I honestly thought that I was completely protected and so were my children.” Bradley began to research and realized that contraband tobacco is a real problem.