This is a presentation that I gave to the Napa Parks and Recreation Commission on behalf of the Napa County Tobacco Advisory Board requesting that the Commission recommend a Smke-Free Parks Ordinance to the Napa City Council. Feel free to use any part of it for your own purpose, especially if you are trying to restrict tobacco use.
2. 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.
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4. Cigarette butts are deadly. The acetate (plastic) filters take many years to decompose and are specifically designed to accumulate toxins.
5. Each cigarette butt can contain up to 60 known human carcinogens including arsenic, formaldehyde, chromium and lead.
6. 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.
9. There are over 176 million pounds of cigarette butts discarded in the United States each year.
10. This is equal 44,000 cars lined up bumper to bumper for 167 miles.
11. Each year cigarette butts are the number one item picked up during the California Coastal and Intercoastal Cleanup Day.
12. 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.
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15. And each one can contain up to 60 known human carcinogens.
16. City of Napa Parks and Recreation City of Napa Water Division Napa Valley Museum California Native Plant Society, Napa Chapter Napa County Wildlife Conservation Sustainable Napa Valley The Watershed Project Skyline Park Citizens Association City of Napa Recycling Division Earth Defense for the Environment Now (EDEN) Carolyn Parr Nature Center Commission Napa County Resource Conservation District California Conservation Corps Friends of the Napa River Ag in the Classroom Napa County Sierra Club Acorn Soupe Napa Solano Audubon Society Napa Sanitation District The Land Trust of Napa County Napa County Stormwater Management Program Connolly Ranch Associations Contacted Requesting Support of the Toxic Litter Initiative
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20. AND 77% would support a smoke-free policy in Napa’s public parks!
