HI HCR91

Urges the Environmental Health Administration of the Department of Health to conduct a feasibility study on implementing a Cigarette Litter Prevention Program in Hawaii.

Requires the Environmental Health Administration to submit a report with findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2024 Regular Session convenes.

Identifies four proven strategies for reducing cigarette butt litter: reviewing and enforcing local litter laws, conducting awareness campaigns, installing ash receptacles at transition points to non-smoking areas, and distributing portable ashtrays to smokers.

Notes that communities implementing cigarette litter prevention programs have consistently reduced cigarette litter by half within four to six months, and that the program has been implemented in more than 1,800 communities across the United States.

Directs certified copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the Director of Health and Deputy Director for Environmental Health Administration.