Cigarettes, cigars and vaping will be 'banned' at Manchester city centre’s newest park, Mayfield, from next month. Bosses have announced the move - on World No Tobacco Day - in a drive to protect residents and visitors from the serious and life-threatening illnesses caused by smoking.
The six-and-a-half acre park, which opened last September, will become the most notable smoke-free space in the city centre to 'ban' lighting up.
The new rules come into effect from June 26, and will also help protect the burgeoning wildlife that have begun to call the area home after it was transformed into a green oasis from former industrial wasteland, sandwiched between Mancunian Way and a railway line.
