
Sustain and Expand
Keep at it. Once your program is underway, keep it going. Meet regularly with the program task force. Establish long-term support for maintaining the program. Make cigarette butt litter prevention part of ongoing community improvement efforts.
Sustain education initiatives. Create an annual education or outreach program to the community around cigarette butt litter prevention. Consider a biannual or quarterly cigarette butt litter count, initiate a regular education push, or work with the media to keep the issue on the front burner.
Grow the program. Enlarge the reach of the existing program. Or, expand to add other locations or venues where cigarette butt litter is contributing to community blight and there is support from stakeholders. Go back to any original list of prioritized locations and move to the next one. Check out areas prone to cigarette butt litter.
Share your success. Tell us about your program.
There is a real need for more education to change (smokers’ littering) behavior. |
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Karen Hauck, |
The Destin Area Chamber of Commerce, FL targeted the harbor—a tourist destination. By repositioning ash receptacles, providing charter boat customers with pocket ashtrays, and print and electronic media, cigarette litter dropped 43% in six weeks.
