Maine Towns with Tobacco-Free Recreation Areas

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Key points

This map provides a visual of which Maine towns already have tobacco- free recreation area policies and which do not. To be recognized as a tobacco-free rec area, a town’s policy needs to meet the PTM requirements for a tobacco-free policy.

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Maine towns with Tobacco-Free Recreation Areas
Map of Maine showing towns with tobacco-free recreation areas

Data sources

This map was produced to show the number of policies already in place and to be used as a tool to help encourage towns without a policy to develop one. We also plan to update this map over time to show progress and increase in the towns with tobacco-free rec areas.

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Partnership for a Tobacco Free Maine – Tobacco Free Policy Data.

Used town level map of Maine. Identified towns with tobacco free rec policies, those without and those with populations likely too small to have a rec area.

David Pied, Public Health Educator, Maine CDC
(207) 287-7108
david.pied@maine.gov

Maine Towns with Tobacco-Free Recreation Areas Garth Smith Partnership for a Tobacco Free Maine; David Pied Maine CDC. Accessed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Chronic Disease Map Gallery.

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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP); About the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention