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Subject: TESTIMONY FOR BILL 224
Attachments: Rodney Wilbur Keaau.doc
attached is my testiomony is support of Bill 224.
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February 1, 2008
To: Donald Ikeda, Chairperson
County Council Committee Members
Public Safety and Parks and Recreation Committee
Fr: Rodney Wilbur: REAL, Keaau High School Peer education
RE: WRITTEN TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF BILL 224,
Relating To Smoking in Certain Places in the County of Hawai'i
Public Hearing on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 9:30 a.m.
Committee on Public Safety and Parks and Recreation
My name is Rodney Wilbur I am a Keaau High school student in peer education. I am
also a member of REAL. REAL is a youth led movement against the tobacco industry. I
strongly support Bill 224, which would prohibit use of tobacco products at all County of
Hawaii parks and beaches, effectively providing a clean and healthy environment for
Hawaii's keiki, ohana, visitors and wildlife.
I am currently a high school student at Keaau High. I am also a member of REAL. I
attend our beaches frequently with my family and especially with my friends.
I support this Bill 224, because when I go to the beach to relax with my friends I see so
many cigarette butts. The beaches are crowded with cigarette butt litter. I get disgusted
when I swim in the ocean and a cigarette butt floats next to me. Our environment and its
inhabitants are in jeopardy with individuals polluting our environment. A fish may eat it,
we in turn in the fish that is filled with the toxins. I do not want my siblings to play in the
sand and a cigarette butt is in the sand. They could then put the cigarette in their mouth
pretend to smoke or even eat it. The harmful and even fatal affects that it has to our
environment, and all who live here, is beyond recognition.
Last year, Kahalu'u Beach Park in Kona went smoke-free let's do the same for the rest of
the island. Passing Bill 224 will make visiting all County parks and beaches a more
pleasurable experience.
In conclusion I do not want to see our environment and its inhabitants to become
destroyed. I am tired of seeing cigarette butts littering our beautiful island. I am
disgusted with having to deal with the litter at a beautiful place where I seek peace and
refuge. I do not want to eat a fish that has toxins from a cigarette. Secondhand smoke is
a known health and environmental hazard. The public's health should be protected
wherever possible, including while enjoying Hawaii's parks and beaches.
Please accept this written testimony in support of this bill.
Sincerely,
Rodney Wilbur
HCR-2 Box 9610 Keaau, HI 96749