(Santa Ana) -- Fight beach pollution and cigarette smoking this Saturday by trying to dunk "Mr. Big Tobacco Executive" at a dunking booth sponsored by the County of Orange Health Care Agency's Tobacco Use Prevention Program (TUPP) on September 8 from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. at the corner of Sixth Street and Ocean Boulevard in Seal Beach.

The dunking booth is part of the annual Seal Beach Sandcastle Building Contest, hosted by the Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce. Proceeds from the event will augment environmental programs in and around Seal Beach. Parking is free, as is shuttle bus service from the parking lot to the event.

Visitors to the TUPP booth pay for the privilege of dunking "Mr. Big Tobacco Executive" by collecting 20 cigarette butts from the nearby beach. Collectors will be given hand-protecting latex gloves and small plastic beach pails to use while collecting. All the collected cigarette butts will be stored in a large, clear container for the daylong event to visually demonstrate that cigarette butts are one of the major beach polluters.

Youths from the TUPP Youth Coalition--teens who promote smoking prevention and cessation--will be on hand to greet visitors, do face painting, apply trendy, temporary anti-smoking tattoos, distribute information about tobacco use prevention and recruit teen and adult volunteers.

For additional information on TUPP's dunk booth or background on TUPP, call (714) 541-1444.