 波士頓市長馬丁華殊（Martin J. Walsh）昨（9）日簽署法令，在包括芬衛（Fenway）球場等的棒球場，禁止使用無煙菸草，或其他菸草產品。
2016年4月1日起，違反該法令者，罰款250元。
該一法令也禁止在職業，大學，高中的各種棒球，壘球，足球，籃球，曲棍冰球，田徑等球賽，業餘體育活動，或由一個聯盟，協會舉辦的體育比賽場地中，使用無煙菸草，或任何其他菸草產品。
 九月是兒童癌症關注月。全國癌症協會表示咀嚼或吸聞的菸草，含有28腫致癌物，美國毒理學項目（U.S.
National Toxicology Program）已認定無煙菸草是“已知的致癌物”。
從1999年以來，美國的吸菸人口下降了，年輕人中的無煙菸草使用率卻持平。疾病控制局（CDC）發現，在2013年內，全美有14.7%的高中男生，8.8%的所有高中生使用無煙菸草，每年大約有535,000名12到17歲的青少年，第一次使用無煙菸草。
“無煙菸草“指的是含有切割，研磨成粉狀或數液狀的菸草，適用於口腔或鼻腔的產品。
哈佛大學陳曾熙公衛學院教授高京柱（Howard Koh）表示，感謝波士頓市長馬丁華殊及波士頓市議會為美國奠定一個歷史性範例。
高京柱曾任美國衛生部助理卿，是波士頓市長幕僚長高丹尼的父親。今（10）日將應邀為麻州亞美局（AAC）的健康會議做主講人。
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波士頓市長馬丁華殊（前）宣佈簽署禁用無煙菸草令。哈佛教授高京柱（左三）應邀觀禮。（圖由波士頓市府提供，Isabel
Leon攝）
波士頓市長馬丁華殊（前）簽署禁用無煙菸草令。（圖由波士頓市府提供，Isabel
Leon攝）
MAYOR WALSH SIGNS SMOKELESS TOBACCO ORDINANCE
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BOSTON - Wednesday, September 9, 2015 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today signed an ordinance to prohibit the use of smokeless tobacco and other tobacco products at baseball parks, including Fenway Park. The ordinance also bans smokeless tobacco or any other tobacco product at event sites for professional, collegiate, high school or organized amateur sporting events, including baseball, softball, football, basketball, hockey, track and field, field hockey, lacrosse and soccer; and any other event involving a game or other athletic competition organized by a league or association.
"I commend the Boston City Council on passing the ordinance banning smokeless tobacco at sports venues in Boston," said Mayor Walsh. "I'm proud to sign this ordinance today. If we continue to take action steps such as these, Boston will be on its way to becoming a healthier City, full of positive examples for our young people to follow. The consequences of smokeless tobacco are real and can be devastating. We're doing the right thing for our children and I look forward to continuing on the path to making Boston a leader in healthy and active living."
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The National Cancer Institute states that chewing tobacco and snuff contain 28 cancer-causing agents and the U.S. National Toxicology Program has established smokeless tobacco as a "known human carcinogen." While cigarette smoking in the U.S. has been on the decline, smokeless tobacco among youth has remained steady since 1999. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) finds that nationally 14.7 percent of high-school boys and 8.8 percent of all high-school students reported using smokeless products in 2013 and each year about 535,000 kids ages 12-17 use smokeless tobacco for the first time.
"Smokeless tobacco" refers to any product that contains cut, ground, powdered, or leaf tobacco and is intended to be placed in the oral or nasal cavity, including, but not limited to, snuff, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, dissolvable tobacco products and snus.
"With this decisive action, Boston hits a homerun for baseball, cancer prevention and public health," said Dr. Howard Koh of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. "We thank Mayor Walsh and the Boston City Council for their leadership in setting a historic example for the country."
Those managing the event sites will be primarily responsible for maintaining compliance with the ordinance. Signs should be clearly posted at entrances to sites as well as dugouts, bullpens, training and locker rooms and press boxes. Any person found in violation may be fined $250 per offense. The prohibitions and requirements will become effective on April 1, 2016.
"With Boston playing a leading role, from coast to coast, city by city, we are getting tobacco out of baseball once and for all," said Matthew L. Myers, President of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. "Mayor Walsh's signature on this law means Boston is a national leader in reducing the number of young people using smokeless tobacco. Our national pastime should be about promoting a healthy and active lifestyle, not a deadly and addictive product."
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