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<br /> <br /> <br /> PJ1;64ft <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> <br /> From: Kerri Okamura [kerri.okamura@hawaiiantel.net] <br /> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 8:11 PM <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 4, 2008 My name is Kerri Okamura 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 /> Kerri Okamura <br /> Kerri Okamura <br /> 344 Kipuni Street <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> w <br /> Q~ n <br /> Z O co <br /> < cn <br /> <br /> <br /> Sr 3 c <br /> n <br /> - co <br /> L' <br /> N <br /> W <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Gomm, No. 9~a. sS~ <br /> Rot. Too t! SP G <br /> ' <br /> Ref. Doie m <br />