{"id":1436,"date":"2016-05-02T15:06:44","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T23:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2019-12-30T09:48:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T18:48:54","slug":"fair-goes-smoke-free-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/fair-goes-smoke-free-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Goes Smoke-Free in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\">Alaska State Fair<\/a> is going smoke-free in 2016! <strong>The Fair\u2019s new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/fair-info\/alaska-state-fair-smoke-free-policy\/\">smoke-free policy<\/a> was adopted earlier this year, and will take effect at the 2016 event<\/strong>, to be held August 25 \u2013 September 5.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/No-Smoking-Feature-Box-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1440 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/No-Smoking-Feature-Box-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"No Smoking Feature Box (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/No-Smoking-Feature-Box-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/No-Smoking-Feature-Box-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/No-Smoking-Feature-Box-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not about the right to smoke but about the right to not have to breathe second-hand smoke. <strong>Smoking is an active choice. Breathing second-hand smoke is not<\/strong>,\u201d said Jerome Hertel, Fair general manager.<\/p>\n<p>Hertel added that <strong>the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/fair-info\/alaska-state-fair-smoke-free-policy\/\">policy <\/a>will decrease smoking-related litter and accidents; decrease the negative effects related to second-hand smoke<\/strong>, which is an established cause of cancer and respiratory disease; and discourage smoking around non-tobacco users, especially children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Fair\u2019s decision follows a state and nationwide trend of \u201csmoke-free\u201d businesses and organizations.<\/strong> The Fair took a first step toward becoming smoke-free during the 2015 event, when it implemented a one-day, fairground-wide no smoking policy in conjunction with Wellness Day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Numerous community partners<\/strong>, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breathefreematsu.org\/\">Breathe Free Mat-Su<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lung.org\/associations\/states\/alaska\/\">American Lung Association in Alaska<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.akafs.org\/\">Alaska Family Services<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/setfreealaska.org\/\">Set Free Alaska<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heart.org\/HEARTORG\/Affiliate\/Anchorage\/Alaska\/Home_UCM_WSA038_AffiliatePage.jsp\">American Heart Association<\/a>, <strong>support the Fair\u2019s decision<\/strong> to become smoke-free.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe applauded the Alaska State Fair for having a smoke-free day in 2015, and we are even more excited that this year the clean air will last throughout the event,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthymatsu.org\/\">Mat-Su Health Foundation<\/a> Executive Director Elizabeth Ripley. <strong>\u201cSmoke-free environments do more than protect the health of everyone who experiences them<\/strong> \u2013 they also change social norms about smoking, which leads to improved health for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/fair-info\/alaska-state-fair-smoke-free-policy\/\">new policy<\/a>, <strong>during the annual Fair event, smoking is not permitted anywhere within fenced common areas of the fairgrounds property<\/strong>. Smoking is also not permitted within 40 feet of the main gated entrances to the Fair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/fair-info\/alaska-state-fair-smoke-free-policy\/\">policy<\/a>, <strong>we are asking fairgoers who choose to smoke to do it far enough away from those who choose not to smoke.<\/strong> The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/fair-info\/alaska-state-fair-smoke-free-policy\/\">smoke-free policy<\/a> clarifies what that distance should be,\u201d Hertel said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/fair-info\/alaska-state-fair-smoke-free-policy\/\">smoke-free policy<\/a> applies to tobacco products and\/or vapors<\/strong> from electronic smoking devices. Specifically, it prohibits carrying, holding, inhaling or exhaling the smoke of a lighted pipe, cigar, cigarette, plant material, or of any other lighted or heated smoking equipment, including e-cigarettes that create a vapor or any other oral smoking device.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Compliance with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/fair-info\/alaska-state-fair-smoke-free-policy\/\">smoke-free Fair policy <\/a>is mandatory<\/strong> for all employees, exhibitors, vendors, volunteers, performers and patrons visiting the Fair.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Look for smoke-free signage at Fair gate entrances<\/strong> and other prominent places on the fairgrounds. <em>BEE<\/em> SMOKE FREE\/thanks for not smoking buttons will also be available at Fair gates for fairgoers wishing to express support for a smoke-free Fair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Alaska State Fair is going smoke-free in 2016! 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The Fair\u2019s new smoke-free policy was adopted earlier this year, and will take effect at the 2016 event, to be held August 25 \u2013 September 5. \u201cIt\u2019s not about the right to smoke but about the right to not have to breathe second-hand smoke. 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