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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 1008 RPR 1? Pry 1? C9 PO Box 2311 <br /> Pahoa, HI 96778-2202 <br /> or <br /> 13-875 Malama St <br /> <br /> Pahoa, HI 96778 <br /> April 15, 2008 <br /> <br /> To All of the Council Members of the County of Hawai' i <br /> <br /> <br /> I hereby urge you to uphold Mayor Kim's veto of the anti-smoking bill in County <br /> Parks and other places. The State of Hawaii does not want anyone to stop <br /> smoking as the State tax on tobacco products is 40%, plus the General Excise Tax. <br /> Restricting people from smoking in the open air is severe, since tobacco smoke <br /> dissipates after about ten feet, or less. <br /> <br /> <br /> If people really want clean air, then all vehicular traffic must be eliminated, along <br /> with the capping of Kilauea volcano. Both are impracticable or even dangerous. <br /> <br /> I do, however, agree that there is a serious problem with people leaving their <br /> cigarette butts on the ground. This is a littering issue and already on the law <br /> <br /> books. Enforce THAT law. Education of the populace would be a great help, by <br /> putting up signs at the entrances to the parks. I never leave my cigarette butts on <br /> the ground; I always take them with me. And if you cannot enforce the littering <br /> law, how can you hope to enforce an anti-smoking law? Hire about 10,000 new <br /> cops and make criminals out of otherwise law-abiding citizens? <br /> <br /> <br /> Mahalo for hearing me out. <br /> <br /> ,~,V ~ , J+Pa, <br /> <br /> Guy B. Shepard, V <br /> <br /> cc: 16 copies to the Council <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Comm. No. A42.14 <br /> Ref. To INER <br /> Ref. Dote APR 2.2 MR <br />