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Tobacco Education Program of Napa County
Toxic Litter Initiative
Jim Tennant___________________________
At Large Member__________________
Napa County Tobacco
Advisory Board
Manuel Cordero____________________
Tobacco Education Specialist_______________________
Napa County Tobacco
Education Program
Peggy Klick____________________________
Program Director_______________________
is out of town.
Cigarette butts are deadly. The acetate (plastic) filters take many years to decompose and are
specifically designed to accumulate toxins.
Each cigarette butt can contain up to 60 known human carcinogens including arsenic,
formaldehyde, chromium and lead.
They can be eaten by young children or wildlife.They can travel through storm drains and end up
in our waterways.They cause fires if not completely extinguished.
Cigarette litter represents over 20% of all litter collected in many community cleanup initiatives.
There are over 176 million pounds of cigarette butts discarded in the United States each year.
This is equal 44,000 cars lined up bumper to bumper for 167 miles.
Each year cigarette butts are the number one item picked up during the California Coastal and
Intercoastal Cleanup Day.
In 2005, more than 250,000 cigarette butts (35 percent of the litter collected) were picked up in
one day from California's creeks, rivers, bays and beaches.
• Earth Day Riverside Park Cleanup • We worked with Friends of the Napa River• From just Riverside Park, which had been
cleaned up only 6 months earlier, we collected 1431 cigarette butts.
And each one can contain up to 60 known human carcinogens.
Associations Contacted Requesting Support of the Toxic Litter InitiativeConnolly Ranch Napa County Stormwater Management Program
The Land Trust of Napa County Napa Sanitation District
Napa Solano Audubon Society Acorn Soupe
Napa County Sierra Club Ag in the Classroom
Friends of the Napa River California Conservation Corps
Napa County Resource Conservation District Carolyn Parr Nature Center Commission
Earth Defense for the Environment Now (EDEN) City of Napa Recycling Division
Skyline Park Citizens Association The Watershed Project
Sustainable Napa Valley Napa County Wildlife Conservation
California Native Plant Society, Napa Chapter Napa Valley Museum
City of Napa Water Division City of Napa Parks and Recreation
As part of the Smoke-Free Parks initiative, the Tobacco Advisory Board conducted a public opinion survey to determine the level of support for the passage of an outdoor no smoking policy.
The survey was conducted at various locations in the City of Napa.We received a total of 575 responses.
The survey respondents were:54% female, 46% male
75% residents of the City of Napa, an additional 15% residents Napa County and 10% from outside Napa County15% current smokers, 32% former smokers and 53% never smoked
The survey results were:91% feel that tobacco litter in public parks is harmful to the environment
82% feel that tobacco use in public parks is harmful to their health or the health of their family
AND77% would support a smoke-
free policy in Napa’s public parks!
• Smoke-Free Parks is not a radical, ground-breaking, new concept.
• As of November, 2007 a total of 18 California counties, including 4 Bay Area counties, and a total of 139 California cities, including 37 Bay Area cities, have restrictions or bans on smoking in public places, almost all including smoke-free parks.
• These jurisdictions include the cities of Healdsburg, Sonoma, Vacaville and Santa Rosa and the counties of Marin, San Mateo, Alameda and San Francisco.
The Napa County Tobacco Advisory Board requests that the Napa Parks & Recreation Commission recommend a
Smoke-Free Parks ordinance to the Napa City Council.
Questions?
Thank you for your time and attention.