Rip Van Winkle Tobacco-Free Action of Columbia and Greene Counties - Tobacco-Free Outdoors We work with our villages, towns, and cities to keep our parks clean:free from cigarette litter and smoke; and to keep our kids free from tobacco.

Tobacco-Free Outdoors We work with our villages, towns, and cities to keep our parks clean:

free from cigarette litter and smoke; and to keep our kids free from tobacco.

Copake, New York

Copake Memorial Park now has new No Smoking signs to celebrate Earth Day. Cigarette butts are the single largest source of litter in the world, but they are not a problem at this park because of the no smoking policy.

Dylan Hotaling, Park Maintenance staff (left) and Mike Bradway, Park Superintendent (right) hold signs that will be posted in the playground and ballfield areas.

Head Start, Hudson, NY

Columbia Opportunities is posting new, colorful No Smoking signs at all Head Start and other agency program sites.

People from left to right are Marlene Stelling, Health and Nutrition Manager, Columbia Opportunities; Karen dePeyster, Director of RVWTFA; and Tina Sharpe, Executive Director, Columbia Opportunities.

Custom No Smoking signs were provided at no cost by Rip Van Winkle Tobacco Free Action.