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We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:

Cigarette Butt Litter Awareness Law

Target: Cigarette Companies
Sponsor: Amy, Allie, and Dave Steinmetz, No Butts About It Litter Campaign
  • Signatures: 1,716
  • Goal: 10,000
  • Deadline: 3-4-2008
Please sign this petition, which would require the words "Please Dispose of Butts Properly" on cigarette packages in order to help raise awareness and prevent the littering of cigarette butts.

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1,717 4:04 pm PDT, Jul 2 Ms. Sarah Heald
1,716 6:31 pm PDT, May 18   Michelle Briasco
1,715 10:00 am PDT, May 13 Mrs. Sharon Raniere
1,714 8:22 pm PDT, May 11 Ms. Rea Walsh
1,713 12:05 am PDT, May 10 Ms. Deb Schallert
1,712 8:08 pm PDT, Apr 28   Anonymous
1,711 11:29 am PDT, Apr 23 Mr. Isi Mesa Jr.
1,710 4:53 pm PDT, Apr 16   Laurie Wagner
1,709 12:46 pm PDT, Apr 1 Ms. Anonymous
1,708 10:16 am PDT, Mar 27   Sally Sanderson
1,707 9:34 am PDT, Mar 13   Barbara Burck
1,706 12:43 pm PDT, Mar 8 Mr. Matthew H Constant
1,705 12:41 pm PDT, Mar 8   Melissa Titze
1,704 5:38 am PST, Mar 6 Mrs. Joyce Chang
1,703 9:08 am PST, Feb 25 Dr. Rebecca Mersereau
1,702 8:38 am PST, Feb 18   Beverly Anne Goetz
1,701 6:22 am PST, Feb 16   John Trayser
1,700 5:48 am PST, Feb 13 Ms. Patricia Heath
1,699 7:38 pm PST, Feb 9 Mr. Derek Rucki
1,698 9:28 pm PST, Jan 26 Ms. Casey Fox
1,697 8:33 am PST, Dec 15 Mr. Thomas Mongillo
1,696 6:03 am PST, Dec 12 Mrs. Anonymous
1,695 8:51 am PST, Dec 10 Ms. Kelly Carr
1,694 4:11 pm PST, Dec 7 Ms. Heather Kuhn
1,693 7:15 am PST, Nov 28 Ms. April Reyes
1,692 12:19 pm PST, Nov 21   Jim Congdon
1,691 7:09 pm PST, Nov 18 Mr. Chris Wagner
1,690 7:07 pm PST, Nov 18 Ms. Kaley Federico
1,689 9:00 am PST, Nov 17   stanley edwards
1,688 6:54 pm PST, Nov 12 Mrs. Evette McDonald
1,687 3:43 pm PST, Nov 9   Ashley Elliott
1,686 7:23 am PST, Nov 7 Mrs. Anonymous
1,685 6:32 pm PDT, Oct 19 Mrs. Kathy Milne
1,684 4:22 pm PDT, Oct 4 Ms. Anonymous
1,683 6:13 am PDT, Sep 11 Ms. Olivia Baes
1,682 1:17 pm PDT, Sep 10 Mr. David L. Smith
1,681 8:58 am PDT, Aug 28   Jacqueline Carloni
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1,679 6:57 am PDT, Aug 5 Mrs. Akiko Frid
1,678 11:11 am PDT, Jul 29 Mr. Mike Davis
1,677 11:49 am PDT, Jul 23   Madi Gambacourt
1,676 11:46 am PDT, Jul 23 Ms. Katie Kemp
1,674 8:04 am PDT, Jul 1   Emily Markey
1,673 7:53 am PDT, Jun 27   nathan keller
1,672 5:10 pm PDT, Jun 26 Ms. Nicole Totzkay
1,671 12:05 pm PDT, Jun 26 Mr. jess newman
1,670 11:54 am PDT, Jun 26 Mr. Michael Waldron
1,669 10:12 am PDT, Jun 26 Mr. Joshua Rivera
1,668 8:33 am PDT, Jun 26 Dr. Amalia Cordova
1,667 3:31 pm PDT, Jun 25   Anonymous
1,666 7:29 am PDT, Jun 18 Mr. Rakon Thrower
1,665 4:06 pm PDT, Jun 10 Ms. Patricia Hamel
1,664 10:01 am PDT, Jun 2 Ms. Rachael Reiton
1,663 4:52 pm PDT, Jun 1 Mr. Matthew Frazier
1,662 12:07 pm PDT, May 29 Mr. William Furr
1,661 2:15 pm PDT, May 14 Ms. Kelly Salling-Davies
1,660 5:58 pm PDT, May 10   Anonymous
1,659 4:08 am PDT, May 8   Sonia Johal
1,658 1:21 pm PDT, May 6   Erica Howard
1,657 7:50 am PDT, Apr 23   Brittany Smith
1,656 3:58 pm PDT, Apr 18   kim carter
1,655 11:31 am PDT, Apr 17   Tim Roth
1,654 8:35 am PDT, Apr 16   Chia-Chun Chung
1,653 8:26 am PDT, Apr 16   Kathryn Roth
1,652 7:29 am PDT, Apr 16   Anonymous
1,651 7:21 am PDT, Apr 16   Cheryl Lacadie

Cigarette Butt Litter Awareness Law

Cigarette Butt Litter Awareness Law

Did you know that:
* Cigarette butts are the number one form of litter and are consistently at the top of all beach and roadside cleanup litter tallies
* There are 176,000,000 pounds of butts littered in America annually
* Costs to clean up cigarette butts on a single college campus can exceed $30,000 annually
* Littered butts kill plant, animal, and marine life and deteriorate water quality
* Huge devastation, injuries, and death result from fires caused by dropped cigarette butts
* 90 percent of littered cigarette butts are dropped within 10 feet of an ashtray
* Raising awareness of littered cigarette butts DOES reduce the amount of littered butts because dropping butts is simply a habit that can be easily changed



The legislation we are seeking would just require cigarette manufacturers to include a warning notice on each package of cigarettes sold, informing smokers to "Please Dispose of Butts Properly." There is nothing objectionable about the language, and many cigarette manufacturers have devoted a portion of their websites to environmental issues. In fact, both R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris have worked in conjunction with Keep America Beautiful with respect to supporting environmentalism, which we applaud.



We are three kids who started the No Butts About It Campaign after doing many beach cleanups and becoming fed up with the number of littered cigarette butts. The campaign has spread to most states, and other nations are also concerned with the issue of cigarette butt litter. Let's make America butt-free! Smokers who become aware of the detrimental effects of littered butts are usually eager to dispose of their butts properly. Really, it seems like it is just a habit that smokers engage in unconsciously. Once we raise awareness through a simple package label, the issue will be at the forefront of smokers' minds and at their fingertips!



Please sign this petition and forward it to anyone and everyone that you know. Let�s make a difference now and end this terrible litter habit.




Thank you!



CIGARETTE BUTT LITTER AWARENESS NOTICE


The No Butts About It Cigarette Butt Litter Campaign seeks to require cigarette manufacturers to print "Please Dispose of Butts Properly" on each package of cigarettes in order to raise awareness of and end cigarette butt litter. Please sign this petition to indicate your support of this measure.

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