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<br /> <br /> <br /> Pf p5* pRc <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> <br /> From: Dee White [dee@ccmaui.org] <br /> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 11:25 AM J <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us R::.. `d <br /> Subject: Please vote to support Bill 224. <br /> 2008 f EB 5 AM 8 47 <br /> To: Hawai?i County Council n.ir`.. 11 <br /> Re: TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF BILL 224 , ..c <br /> Relatin To Prohibition of Smoking In Certain Places Counc n'Ii <br /> g ~~4 g. N~2tir5S~ry 5, 2008 <br /> February [date], 2008 My name is Dee White, M.S.,CSAC, and I strongly support Bill 224, <br /> which would prohibit using tobacco products at all County of Hawai?i parks and beaches. <br /> I must commend the Council for addressing this important issue. As you already know, <br /> smoking is hazardous to health. Because of this health risk the State enacted one of the <br /> strongest secondhand smoking-law in the nation prohibiting smoking in virtually all <br /> workplaces and in enclosed and partially enclosed public places. However, smoking is still <br /> permitted in nearly all parks and beach parks within the State, and on the Big Island. Our <br /> keiki continue to be endangered by and exposed to the role models of smokers. <br /> Additionally, discarding cigarettes and cigar butts onto our beaches is unsightly, unclean <br /> and particularly hazardous to small children and birds who handle and sometime ingest <br /> them. Finally, I am personally repelled, not only by people who smoke on our beaches, but <br /> also by the sight of cigarette butts accumulating in the sand. <br /> It is for the reasons I?ve noted above that I strongly encourage the Council to vote yes <br /> to pass Bill 224. Last year, Kahalu?u beach park in Kona went smoke-free, let?s do the <br /> same for the rest of island. Passing Bill 224, will make visiting all our parks and <br /> beaches more enjoyable. <br /> Please accept this as written testimony in support of this bill. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Dee White, M.S., CSAC,Community Clinic of Maui. I live in Kihei. <br /> Dee White <br /> 48 Lono Ave <br /> Kahului, HI 96732 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Gomm. No. 9ZIa. 3(0 <br /> Ref. To l`EB _ 20M <br /> Ref. Data e 9 05 2~f1R <br /> i <br />