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Murashige, Laura
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From: Vanessa [vgeisman@kohalacenter.org]
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 5:04 PM
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Cc: 'Elizabeth Cole'; donna@goodale.org
Subject: testimony to AMEND CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE 4, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983.
I am writing to support local efforts to prohibit smoking of cigarettes or tobacco products at Kahalu'u Beach
Park.
The Kohala Center is currently working to promote visitor education and to improve protection for the hard
corals and associated environment at Kahalu'u Bay. Scientists and citizens have raised concerns regarding the
ecological effects of nicotine in the sands at Kahalu'u Beach. Nicotine is a naturally occurring chemical defense
evolved in tobacco plants and as such it may be expected to effect micro-organisms and invertebrates that play a
role maintaining the health of the beach at Kahalu'u.
Vanessa Parker-Geisman
Project Coordinator
The Kohala Center
www.kohalac_enter.org r ,
Ph. (808) 887-6411
Fax. (808) 885-6707
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