Carlisle borough council bans tobacco products in borough parks

Thursday night, Carlisle borough council took a step toward making the borough a healthier community.
By a unanimous vote of 6-0 (council president Perry Heath, who is also acting mayor, didn't vote on anything Thursday night), council banned the displaying, distributing, using, chewing, expectorating, discarding, lighting or smoking of tobacco products in borough parks.
New council member Robin Guido read the proposed ordinance and made the motion to approve it, noting as she did that, "As a nurse, I love getting to use the word ‘expectorate' publicly."
Solicitor Ed Schorpp, who drafted the ordinance, laughed and said that "expectorate" was the only appropriate word for the situation.
The ordinance came about through a grass-roots movement, according to council member Tim Scott, with people - mostly parents of small children - asking the borough to ban tobacco products in the parks because it was a bad example for children.