Lee’s Summit, Mo. Eyes Park Smoking Ban

As part of an effort to restrict the use of e-cigarettes in other areas, the Lee’s Summit Parks and Recreation Board is expected to recommend a ban on all tobacco in the Missouri city’s public parks. In order for tobacco products to be banned, the Lee’s Summit City Council would need to pass an ordinance of it own.

It would not be the first law to ban smoking in Lee’s Summit parks. The current rules regarding smoking read:

Smoking is prohibited within 50’ of LSPR’s: Playgrounds; Youth Sports Venues; Designated Youth Practice Fields; Lea-McKeighan Skate Park; Lea-McKeighan Sand Volleyball Courts; Summit Waves; LPCC; HPCC; Gamber Center; Happy Tails Park; Tennis Courts; Howard Park Hockey rink & Skate Area; Lowenstein Park Children’s Memorial Butterfly Garden; Outdoor Basketball Courts; Legacy Park Amphitheater.

Lee’s Summit is located in the Kansas City metro area. It has a population just under 100,000 and is located in Cass and Jackson County.

Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.