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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> <br /> From: Hildie Schap [hildie.schap@meoinc.org] <br /> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:12 AM <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: Please vote to support Bill 224. <br /> To: Hawai?i County Council <br /> Re: TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF BILL 224 <br /> Relating To Prohibition of Smoking In Certain Places Council hearing: February 5, 2008 <br /> February [date], 2008 My name is [Your name and affiliation], and I strongly support Bill <br /> 224, which would prohibit using tobacco products at all County of Hawai?i parks and <br /> 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 /> [Your Name and Organization/where you live] <br /> Hildie Schap <br /> 197A Mehani Circle <br /> Kihei, HI 96753 <br /> 249-2993 <br /> v <br /> T <br /> z c~ ao Zi <br /> r + FT <br /> •~?.r rv <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Comm. No. <br /> Ref. To: un ' 1 <br /> Ref. Date FFa~ 9 .1 9fl <br /> <br /> <br /> t <br />