Ordinance 205-22, which designates city parks and outdoor recreational facilities in Lima as smoke and vape-free, went before Lima City Council Monday Evening following a second reading. During their regular Monday session, council members did not act on the ordinance and placed it for a third reading.
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Tonight at Lima City Council, the city administration introduced legislation to designate city owned parks and outdoor recreational venues as tobacco free venues. According to a Lima-Allen County Community Health assessment report, mortality rates for lung and bronchus cancers are higher in Lima than the United States and The Healthy People 2030 target as well as 56% of local youth being exposed to secondhand smoke.