In eight years, more than 100,000 cigarette butts have been collected on the University of Oregon campus. On Friday, students aimed to bump that number up even more. Their goal was to collect 7,000 cigarette butts in 30 minutes.
We’ll find out if they met that goal on Monday. That’s also the day they will unveil their countdown clock.
The campus goes smoke free on Sept. 1 of next year.
They say they have a lot of work to do before then.
“Definitely more than I expected because this is my first year doing this and I’m already blown away by how many cigarettes we have,” said student Jessica Crossley.
“I’m hoping to get the word out about the countdown and having people actually comply with our non-smoking campus,” said Josh Buehler.
UO health advocates have been working on this project for eight years.
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