Hold On To Your Butt

Surfrider Foundation's Hold On To Your Butt program aims to raise awareness about the environmental impact of cigarette butt litter on our oceans, waves and beaches, and to help eliminate cigarette butt litter at the beach and in the ocean. Cigarette butts account for approximately one in every five items collected during beach cleanups. Often littered on our sidewalks and streets, they end up in our storm drains, flowing to our streams, rivers, bays, lagoons and ultimately the ocean.

Find a Hold On To Your Butt Campaign Near You

British Columbia

• Pacific Rim
• Vancouver Island

California

• Huntington/ Seal Beach
• San Diego
• San Francisco
• San Luis Obispo
• Ventura County

Florida

• Miami

Maine

• Statewide

North Carolina

• Cape Fear
• Charleston

Oregon

• Portland
• Newport

Washington

• Olympia
• Seattle

Recent Victories and Other News

• Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii Island Counties have all passed countywide tobacco-free beaches policies.
• NYC 2011: https://nyc.surfrider.org/victories/
• Jersey Shore uses the phrase but didn't have a real campaign: https://www.facebook.com/SurfriderJSC/posts/2729689893732335
• Virginia got funding from KAB to install some butt receptacles and give out pocket ashtrays: https://vb.surfrider.org/2016/04/vb-clpp/ http://www.beachycleanvb.org/beachy-clean-virginia-beach/vb-resort-clpp/

Additional Resources

• Cigarette Butt Litter
• Hold On To Your Butt stickers