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(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – The Santa Barbara Public Health Department’s Tobacco Prevention and Cannabis Education program (TPCE) and the Coalition Engaged in a Smoke-free Effort (CEASE), invites all community members to join them in a beach clean-up event on Saturday, September 9, 2023, from 10 am- 12 pm at East Beach, 1400 East Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara, CA 93103.
Cigarette butts are the number one most littered item around the world. These toxic items, which are made from plastic, are easily swept from the streets and sidewalks into the sewer system or directly into the ocean, where they pollute the marine environment. Worldwide it is estimated that 1.68 billion pounds of cigarette butts end up as waste each year (UNDO, 2022). Members of CEASE and the TPCE staff seek to rid Santa Barbara County beaches of tobacco/smoking litter in order to protect the environment.