Sustain and Expand

Keep at it. Once your program is underway, keep it going. Meet regularly with the program team. Establish long-term support for maintaining the existing program.

Grow to other neighborhoods.  Expand to other locations where cigarette 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.  Or, enlarge the reach of the existing program.

Share your success. Tell us about your program.

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There is a real need for more education to change (smokers’ littering) behavior.

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Karen Hauck,
of Keep Charleston Beautiful, SC

 
How To Do It

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.