1. 2012 IDA Conference More Butts on the Street 10:30 - Noon Sat. Sept. 22 Smoking Restrictions, Negative Effects, and Strategies for LESS BUTTS on the Street

2. Cigarette Litter Facts Cigarette Butts = 38% of all roadside litter Indoor Smoking Bans = more litter on the street = more clean up costs, and More smokers gathering outside buildings = potential nuisance

3. THE NUMBER ONE LITTERED ITEM ….But it doesn’t have to be! KAB research indicated the overall littering rate for cigarette butts is 65% that each additional ash receptacle reduced this rate by 9%

4. Smokefree Air Laws

5. From Indoor to Outdoor Bans Ithaca

6. Outdoor Smoking Bans Is there enforcement? Does smoking still occur in these areas? Without ash receptacles for disposal, is there more cigarette litter? Who cleans it up?

8. Cigarette Litter Prevention Program Strategies: Review and support litter laws Educate the public to build awareness Install ash receptacles at transition points Distribute portable ashtrays to adult smokers

9. Program Impact On average, cuts cigarette litter in half Sustains impact over time 103 programs reported a sustainability scan: –48% reduction from the original preliminary scan in 2011 to the first follow up scan in 2011 –An additional reduction of 17% from the first follow up scan in 2011 to the sustainability scan in 2012

10. Downtown Green Bay

12. Not these butts on the beach!

15. Carlsbad CA

16. Program Challenges Ash receptacle selection and installation Codes, regulations, bans and restrictions Workplace – potential conflict? Concerns re “water cooler” effect – gathering place for smokers

17. Receptacle Signage

19. Pocket Ashtray

20. Portable Ashtray

24. KAB LITTER IN AMERICA RESEARCH WWW.KAB.ORG/RESEARCH09

25. Cigarette Litter Prevention Program You may also send these via email to: CLPP@KAB.ORG Bronwen Evans, Director, Litter Programs Shannon O’Donnell, Manager, Litter Programs Questions?

26. 2013 GRANTS from Keep America Beautiful Look out for information from the IDA, or email CLPP@KAB.ORG in December 2012 with subject header 2013 CLPP Grants