St. Gallen Pushes for Smoke-Free Playgrounds Following Chur's Success

St. Gallen considers implementing smoking ban in public playgrounds, following Chur's 17-year successful implementation, despite enforcement challenges.

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A non-partisan initiative in St. Gallen has submitted enough signatures to demand a ban on smoking in public playgrounds.
The city of Chur implemented a strict smoking ban in playgrounds 17 years ago.
St. Gallen has 128 public playgrounds.
Other Swiss cities like Wil, Rapperswil-Jona, Bern, and Zurich rely on voluntary compliance rather than fines.
St. Gallen's parliament previously voted to remove a smoking ban from police regulations a year ago.