Students rewarded for smoking ban campaign
Kids can make a difference. That was the message Thursday at Afton School as grades 5 and 6 students from last year were awarded Blue Ribbon Awards from the Edmonton Tobacco Reduction Network. The students researched information and gathered signatures before lobbying city councillors to ban smoking in areas where children are present. “They were very excited and it was an opportunity to give the acclaim that they needed … so that their peers could also see how kids can make a difference,” said principal Jane Moore.
The students, along with many other speakers, relayed their message at city hall last June.
After much debate, council voted last September to amend the public places bylaw, which will mean butting out around playgrounds, spray parks, ice rinks and outdoor youth events once the new bylaw is approved.
It is expected to come before a council committee in early March.
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