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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> PI p5i M <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> From: Roger Sheetz [trainshi@hawaii.rr.com] <br /> ir- <br /> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:33 AM <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us L ' LL) <br /> Subject: Please vote to support Bill 224. <br /> 2008 FEB 5 AEI 9 08 <br /> To: Hawai?i County Council (,^ois <br /> Re: TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF BILL 224 rXIUNT, „ i...y+~~j'! <br /> Relating To Prohibition of Smoking In Certain Places Council hearing: Februa 2008 <br /> February 5, 2008 My name is Roger B. Sheetz, and I strongly support Bill 224, which would <br /> 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 to the hazards of secondhand smoke. <br /> Additionally, discarding cigarettes and cigar butts onto our beaches is unsightly, unclean <br /> and particularly hazardous to small children who handle and sometime ingest them. Finally, <br /> I am personally repelled, not only by people who smoke on our beaches, but also by the <br /> 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 /> Roger B. Sheetz <br /> Roger Sheetz <br /> 151 Kole Street <br /> Hilo, HI 96720-4370 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> comric RM- <br /> Ref. To. I f'SYKC <br /> def. DateF~B_ r,~rt~ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 1 <br />