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New video by Toxic Butts: Cigarette butts = toxic waste

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Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day. It's not too late to do one yourself. Suggestion: spread the word that cigarette butts meet the scientific definition of toxic waste.

Totally agree with this guy, all except flicking his cigarette butt. C'mon, those things are toxic. http://ow.ly/9126e

 

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By health I mean the power to live a full, adult, living, breathing life in close contact with...the earth and the wonders thereof- the sea- the sun. ~Katherine Mansfield 

Nature always strikes back. It takes all the running we can do to remain in the same place. ~Rene Dubos

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth. ~Richard Baker 

Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom- and lakes die. ~Gil Stern 

I row after health like a waterman...~Jonathan Swift

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. ~Carl Sagan

As I see it, every day you do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself. ~Adelle Davis 

Drive Nature by force, she'll turn and rout
The false refinements that would keep her out. ~Horace

‎"The closer a person lives to a state that has enacted smoking bans the likelier it is for that person to support smoking bans."

Today is Penguin Awareness Day! Learn more about how butts impact their environment and ours at http://toxicbutts.com/. Feel free to share!

#smokefree is the way to be!

Each year, smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke causes 443,000 premature deaths and costs the nation $193 billion in health bills and lost productivity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more here: http://ow.ly/8wJLU  

A 2007 study found that there were 2.6 times more tobacco advertisements per person in areas with an African American majority compared to white-majority areas

Read this:  http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0208.pdf

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ~Martin Luther King Jr.  

Cigarette butts topped the list of litter collected on San Diego's beaches again last year

It's time to #kickthebutts

#kickthebutts

Great news for the UC system!

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time- pills or stairs. ~Joan Welsh

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. ~John Muir

Family, nature and health all go together. ~Olivia Newton-John

Some great resolutions for 2012!

Courtesy of Heal the Bay:
http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/press-release/heal-the-bay-offers-10-ocean-friendly-resolutions-for-2012_64744/

Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time. ~Baltimore Grotto

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

—	Albert Schweitzer

Learn more about the smoke-free movement

Read this: http://www.acscan.org/smokefree

We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.

—	Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. ~Mohandas Gandhi

When we health the earth, we heal ourselves. ~David Orr

In health the flesh is graced, the holy enters the world. ~Wendell Berry
 

For 200 years we've been conquering Nature. Now we're beating it to death. ~Tom McMillan

What do you think is going to happen to Mr. Fish?

Your grandchildren will likely find it incredible - or even sinful - that you burned up a gallon of gasoline to fetch a pack of cigarettes! ~Paul MacCready, Jr.

If we lose our heritage of health and vigor, all the beauty that has been achieved will be for naught! ~Bill Munson

Kudos OC Surfrider!

Read this:

Please leave only your footprints on the beach!

Tobacco-free campus!

Emory University has become tobacco-free, here's hoping more campuses will follow suit!
http://www.tobaccofree.emory.edu/

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb

Blow bubbles, not smoke!

Read this: http://www.npr.org/2012/01/02/144451043/japanese-smoking-culture-proves-hard-to-snuff-out

Don't let big tobacco win!

Read this: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/blogs/prop-zero/Tobacco-War-Coming-Soon-136500448.html

“We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.”

—	Thomas Fuller

"Our planet is not an ashtray"

Via Legacy: http://www.legacyforhealth.org/4270.aspx

“For he who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.”

—	Owen Arthur

“I’m not an environmentalist. I’m an Earth warrior.”

-Darryl Cherney

We're on Flickr!

Check out our purdy pictures and videos on Flickr and add us as a contact if you have a Flickr too!

New! Putting out great environmental & public health quotes PLUS news.

First one: Every day is Earth Day ~Author Unknown

Discarded Cigarettes Butts = Common and Toxic

What we're all about!

Cigarette Butts = Toxic Butts

Big Tobacco in 2012, don't be duped!

Read this: http://www.cspnet.com/news/tobacco/articles/tobacco-outlook-2012

Prevention #FTW

"We know that almost all adults who are smokers took up the habit before they were 18 years old, so we have to do all we can to prevent young people from starting smoking, or continuing to smoke...Making it harder for children to buy cigarettes helps protect them from developing a habit that could well kill them in the future..."

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/cigarette-sting-smokes-out-36-outlets/story-e6frea83-1226232857871

Quit smoking and come inside

Support those you are becoming smoke-free and send an e-card from smokefree.gov
http://smokefree.gov/ecards/index.aspx

The impact of cigarette branding...

"A report but the British Heart Foundation (BHF) found that just over 25% of regular smokers aged 16 to 25 thought a branded cigarette pack was less harmful than another based on the packet design alone..."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hzb_QBqUpJinazqLIPyi3lNF13gg?docId=N0683991325094161435A

Another good reason to quit:

Parents smoking causes vascular damage in young children:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239733.php

The #4 most searched health topic by mobile phone in 2011 was smoking/quit smoking!

Read this: http://mobihealthnews.com/15325/top-10-health-searches-from-mobile-devices-in-2011/

And it seems that texting can be an effective in helping people quit:
http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2011/06/Study-Texting-may-help-smokers-quit-faster/48988698/1

Have 2012 be your year to quit!

Need some help reaching your New Year's resolution to quit smoking (or staying quit)? Check this out:
http://www.lungusa.org/about-us/our-impact/top-stories/seven-tips-to-successfully-quit.html

As well as: http://ht.ly/8br22

States with strong smoke free laws have lower overall rates of smoking

Read this: http://ht.ly/85J7L

Did your state make the grade?

How does your state rank in the American Lung Association's State of Tobacco Control report?
http://www.stateoftobaccocontrol.org/

24 states back FDA on tobacco warning label lawsuit

"U.S. tobacco use is responsible for about 443,000 deaths per year, and an estimated 49,000 of these tobacco-related deaths are the result of secondhand smoke exposure, according to the CDC. On average, smokers die 13 to 14 years earlier than nonsmokers."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57348409-10391704/24-states-back-fda-on-tobacco-warning-label-lawsuit/

The CDC also has more on tobacco and it's implications with health:
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/index.htm

19% of teens in the USA smoke by the 12th grade. Check out this site on teen smoking prevention and quitting assistance...

Quit-smoking program for teens uses tech tools! See the article:
http://yourlife.usatoday.com/parenting-family/teen-ya/story/2011-12-26/Quit-smoking-program-for-teens-uses-tech-tools/52233836/1

Actual website:
http://teen.smokefree.gov/

Editorial: No butts

"The most likely result of this more sweeping ban proposed in Harford County is likely to be reduced parking lot cleanup costs and healthier recreation facility sidelines, but it also means the county is getting more serious about keeping tobacco out of public places completely."
http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/harford/opinion-talk/ph-ag-edit-smoking-1202-20111201,0,6639592.story