County Commissioners Moving Ahead With Smoke & Vape Free Parks Plan

County Commissioners are moving head toward creating smoke and vape-free parks in Washoe County. In a collaborative effort, Washoe County, in alignment with regional partners, has moved to approve creating smoke-free parks in Washoe County. The Park Commissions from Washoe County, City of Reno and City of Sparks have voted to support smoke and vape-free parks throughout each jurisdiction and make changes to their respective ordinances. Commissioners moved to direct staff to draft changes to Chapter 95 of Washoe County code that would prohibit smoking and vaping within Washoe County parks.