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Murashige, Laura
From: Dee White [dee@ccmaui.org]
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 11:25 AM J
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us R::.. `d
Subject: Please vote to support Bill 224.
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Re: TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF BILL 224 , ..c
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February [date], 2008 My name is Dee White, M.S.,CSAC, and I strongly support Bill 224,
which would prohibit using tobacco products at all County of Hawai?i parks and beaches.
I must commend the Council for addressing this important issue. As you already know,
smoking is hazardous to health. Because of this health risk the State enacted one of the
strongest secondhand smoking-law in the nation prohibiting smoking in virtually all
workplaces and in enclosed and partially enclosed public places. However, smoking is still
permitted in nearly all parks and beach parks within the State, and on the Big Island. Our
keiki continue to be endangered by and exposed to the role models of smokers.
Additionally, discarding cigarettes and cigar butts onto our beaches is unsightly, unclean
and particularly hazardous to small children and birds who handle and sometime ingest
them. Finally, I am personally repelled, not only by people who smoke on our beaches, but
also by the sight of cigarette butts accumulating in the sand.
It is for the reasons I?ve noted above that I strongly encourage the Council to vote yes
to pass Bill 224. Last year, Kahalu?u beach park in Kona went smoke-free, let?s do the
same for the rest of island. Passing Bill 224, will make visiting all our parks and
beaches more enjoyable.
Please accept this as written testimony in support of this bill.
Sincerely,
Dee White, M.S., CSAC,Community Clinic of Maui. I live in Kihei.
Dee White
48 Lono Ave
Kahului, HI 96732
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