Pushed through by our medical mafia who likes tar in your lungs to get cancer rates back up.
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https://www.amazon.com/Tarbust-Cigarette-Filters-Chemical-Cigarettes/dp/B07G3LCS4J
Posted on 10/09/2024 11:21:10 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to ban the sale of filtered cigarettes in unincorporated areas of the county.
This measure was passed to cut down on the pollution of cigarette butts and promote human health by restricting the use of plastics.
The ordinance was created by the Board’s Tobacco Waste Ad Hoc Subcommittee. It was supported by a coalition of environmental, health, educational and other groups and stakeholders.
"This is a momentous day that builds on the work our community has been doing for generations to protect our environment and establish Santa Cruz County as a global leader in the environmental movement,” Board of Supervisors Chair Justin Cummings said. “While the County is the first to take this step, by no means will we be the last. We look forward to working with local cities and other jurisdictions to protect our coast, our environment and our people.”
The sale of unfiltered cigarettes, cigars, loose-leaf and chewing tobacco, unflavored vape pens and other tobacco products will still be allowed.
The ordinance will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2027.
“Cigarette butts are the most littered item on the planet, they provide absolutely no health benefit to smokers, and they are poisonous to the environment. Let's ban this toxic trash,” Supervisor Manu Koenig said.
I think its the filter tips they are concerned with.
not very biodegradable
Heroin, weed, and sidewalk pooping are still cool though....
No, they want people to use Fentanyl, become homeless and use the streets as bathrooms. No problem with that…. 🤔🤔
Urinals just got a lot less fun.....
“You gotta kill the time. The first thing you do is you inscribe your initials on the urinal. Then they run a little bit, then you wet down the entire urinal. “Wet down! Wet down! Wet down entire urinal! Cover all of the dry spots! Gotta get ‘em all! Every one! Gotta look, see if the light is shining.”
Then..Then and only then are you allowed to go after the cigarettes at the bottom of the urinal! Targets of opportunity! Yeah. You had to break up them cigarettes. Field strip ‘em, my friend. Camels and Luckys were easy...but a Kent with a micronite filter. Takes three guys and a keg of beer. “C’mon guys! Hey...c’mon. Let’s go, man”
-George Carlin
Lucky Strike and Camel filterless still ok ?
The ordinance was created by the Board’s Tobacco Waste Ad Hoc Subcommittee.
What about all the roaches? /s
While they’re at it they should vote to ban marijuana too. It’s more harmful than cigarettes. And I never heard of someone arrested for driving under the influence of a cigarette.
Pushed through by our medical mafia who likes tar in your lungs to get cancer rates back up.
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https://www.amazon.com/Tarbust-Cigarette-Filters-Chemical-Cigarettes/dp/B07G3LCS4J
Yep unfiltered cigarettes is code for weed man.
In other news, the Santa Cruz Cool Sound & Vibration Ad Hoc Committee voted to enshrine forever their own Star Spangled Tune that is played before each Ad Hoc.....whatever.
I smoke two joints in the morning,
I smoke two joints at night,
I smoke two joints in the afternoon,
It makes me feel alright,
I smoke two joints in times of peace,
And two in times of war,
I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints,
And then I smoke two more.
No state listed. Bad journalism.
So environmental health is more important than human health?
I’m too old to believe in Santa Cruz.
This was in the people’s republic of Commiefornia.
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I used to sell wood pulp to the cellulose acetate industry. Most, if not all, cigarette filters are cellulose acetate (”CA”)
What is CA? It is wood or cotton fiber that is dissolved and then regenerated into a long gauze like fiber. The fiber is then packed into a paper tube.
It’s been 14 years since I worked but at that time, there were no plastics in cigarette filters. Industry studies showed the filters were biodegradable, being as they were from tree or plant based fiber.
Rush said that smokers deserve a medal for paying all of those taxes. This county needs to raise their other taxes to make up their loss.
I figured that. Just bad journalism. First paragraph should always have who, where, when.
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