If you’ve ever strolled along Arcata’s Tavern Row, you’ve stepped over what seems like countless cigarette butts littering the sidewalk. Well, today, someone counted.

Over 2,400 butts (and a few dozen tobacco- related items such as cigarette packs and disposable lighters) were collected in a Plaza clean-up sponsored by Tobacco-Free Humboldt in collaboration with the Tobacco Education Network Community Coalition and the United Indian Health Services Teen Advisory Group.

Misty “the Intern” Lawson with the day’s haul

That’s 2,400 less toxic cigarette butts that’ll wash into Jolly Giant Creek, Humboldt Bay or the Pacific Ocean. Friend of LoCO Ciggy Buttz is pleased!