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Nt+ or x_ "'i COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 4~'7 iI6 (Draft 2) RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL TO LOOK INTO BANNING SMOKING AT KAHALU`U BEACH PARK. WHEREAS, the West Hawaii Youth Fishery Council is a volunteer organization comprised of youths from the Kailua-Kona area who aze dedicated to preserve the pristine offshore and near shore waters off the greater Kailua-Kona area as the habitat for various species offish and other sea animals; and WHEREAS, the West Hawaii Youth Fishery Council has conducted reseazch and compiled the following data in support of this Resolution; and WHEREAS, the activities of humans on the beach azeas can have an effect on the beach flora and fauna and the near shore waters; and WHEREAS, smokers at Kahalu`u Beach have been observed putting out their cigarettes by either placing or tossing their cigarette butts in the sand at the beach; and WHEREAS, cigazette butts are made of cellulose acetate and aze slow to degrade, taking an average of over 7 years and a range of 1.5 to 15 years; and WHEREAS, cigarette filters contain particulate matter from the smoke components that the filter captures, which may be toxic and a biohazard to the environment, with chemicals that aze toxic to species offish, crustaceans, zooplankton, echinoderms, nematodes and flatworms, and in addition, contain 60 known human cazcinogenic chemical compounds, including arsenic, formaldehyde, chromium and lead; and WHEREAS, cigarette smoke is a health hazard to those near to the cigazette smoker, and cigarette filters in the sand aze toxic and are an annoyance, constituting 20 per cent of litter on beaches throughout the United States and the World; and WHEREAS, the West Hawaii Youth Fishery Council wishes to preserve the pristine nature of the near shore and offshore waters and to prevent the toxic biohazards from polluting and affecting the beach and the near shore sea life.