Kenai Peninsula Fair Goes Smoke-Free

If you're planning to attend the Kenai Peninsula Fair this weekend in Ninilchik, you might want to leave that pack of cigarettes in the car.
   
The Peninsula Clarion reports the fair association has made the fairgrounds a smoke-free workplace.
   
That's in line with the Alaska State Fair in Palmer, which went smokeless in 2011.
   
Kenai Peninsula Fair Manager Lara McGinnis says in a statement says the move to a smoke-free fair accomplishes three goals.
   
It affirms a family-friendly atmosphere, reduces the potential for children to associate smoking with a healthy lifestyle, and protects fair workers and attendees from smoking and tobacco related litter and pollution.
   
For those who must light up, there will be a designated smoking area by the rodeo grounds. The beer garden is also smoker friendly.