Cigarette Litter Prevention in the News

 

2013

• KAB News Release 2/7/13: Communities Report Prolonged Success in Reducing Cigarette Butt Litter
• Herald Sun (NC) 1/7/13: Keep Durham Beautiful encourages responsible cigarette butt disposal

2012

• Today's THV (AK) 10/23/12: Hot Springs Commission Works to Fight Cigarette Litter
• Turn to 23 (CA) 11/10/12: Art to Discourage Littering
• WFMZ (PA) 6/28/12: City Wants Residents to Flick Cigarette Butts Into Ashtrays
• Hamilton District Main Street (PA) 6/28/12: Cigarette Litter Prevention Program Unveiled in Downtown Allentown
• Low Country Biz SC 8/13/12: “Golfers Fore a Cleaner Green” Cigarette Litter Prevention Program
• Fox 11 Online (WI) 8/7/13: Green Bay Cleans Up Cigarette Butts Downtown

2011 and earlier

• River Falls Journal (N.D.) 9/5/11: City Launches Clean Street Campaign
• The Fishing Wire: Boaters are Keeping their Butts out of the Water
• Bluefield Daily Telegraph (W.V.) 7/30/1: City Gets Grant To Clean Up Butt Litter
• Florida News Leader 9/12/11: A Campaign to Keep Butts Off the Beach
• Norwalk (Conn.) Hour 7/1/11: Keep Norwalk Beautiful Aims to End Cigarette Litter
• San Rafael Patch 1/7/11: New Cigarette Litter Campaign Going to the Dog
• New York Times 5/29/09: "Cigarette Butts: Tiny Trash that Piles Up"
• Van Buren, AR sees 50%+ reduction in cigarette litter. Seeks tax incentives for businesses to place ash receptacles at transition points (WMV video)
• Philadelphia Cigarette Litter Prevention Program Inteview (YouTube video)