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Smoke-Free Parks & Recreation Areas
The City of Hamilton’s Prohibiting Smoking within City Parks and Recreation Properties By-law No. 11-080 and By law 19-164 prohibits smoking and vaping in or on:
- parks
- playgrounds
- recreation centre property
- arena and stadium property
- sports or playing fields
- skateboard parks
- beaches
- outdoor pools
- leash-free dog parks
- some trails
View a list of places where smoking and vaping is not allowed under this By-law (PDF, 136 KB)
Report smoking or vaping in City parks and recreation areas
If you have questions or you want to report smoking or vaping in outdoor areas:
- Phone: Tobacco Hotline 905- 540-5566
- Email: [email protected]
To help investigate complaints, provide:
- Your name and phone number or email for follow-up
- Date and time you saw smoking / vaping in outdoor areas
- Description of person or people smoking / vaping
- The location where you saw people smoking / vaping
- Date modified: