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cigarette

Tobacco A cylinder of cut blonde or black tobacco ensheathed in a tube of usually white paper, often with a filter to ↓ inhaled tars, which is lighted and inhaled at the lips to achieve a pleasurable level of nicotine. See Clove cigarette, Fetal tobacco syndrome, Fire-safe cigarette, Low-tar cigarette, Passive smoking, Safe cigarette, Smokeless cigarette, smoking, Tobacco.

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Cigarette butts, matches, empty packets and their wrappers are a big litter problem across the country and to make things worse it takes months, and in some conditions, years for a cigarette butt to degrade.

No butts - officers focus on smoking-related litter; Those who drop cigarette ends or matches face PS120 penalty

'#DoYouKnow that a cigarette butt takes 10 years to degrade?

Rubbish Youths collect 10K cigarette butts at Sihanoukville beach

Last October, two drivers were fined hundreds of pounds after flicking cigarette butts out of a car window.

Driver fined almost [pounds sterling]2,000 for flicking cigarette butts out of car window; Gary Jones failed to attend two court hearings which racked up the total fine from [pounds sterling]300 to nearly [pounds sterling]2,000

Eskenazi said it was impossible to set a log on fire with a cigarette butt and questioned how cigarette butts could have been found on the site.

Scaffolding firm says workers smoked at Paris' Notre-Dame

>Dh1,000 for throwing a cigarette butt from a vehicle

KT for good: Up to Dh100,000 fine for littering in UAE

Among them, 90 percent consisted of discarded cigarette butts, with fines ranging between NT$1,200 and NT$6,000.

Cigarette butt buster makes NT$100,000 per month in W. Taiwan

"Cigarette butts are the most littered item in Australia and Western Australia is not immune to this problem - as highlighted in this year's National Litter Index.

Australia : Littering increase due to cigarette butts and packaging

The meeting was told that, of the total number of tickets issued, 12,754 were handed out to people dropping cigarette butts in the street - representing just under 93% of all tickets issued.

Litter squad targeting city smokers; News 90% of fines issued for discarded cigarette ends

"About 6 trillion cigarettes are produced every year, leading to 1.2 million tons of cigarette butt waste," he said.

Make bricks with butts

With used cigarette butts becoming a significant source of litter, researchers have found a way to convert the trash to a high-performing material that could be added to products such as wind turbines to improve energy storage capacity.

Using cigarette butts for energy storage

The researchers note that "smokers may not consider that a cigarette butt is little, but these waste products seem to be ubi1uitous.

Today is World Environment Day (June 5th)

"[...] We ask that you consider under the Waste Diversion Act, 2002, or any other related legislation, the introduction of steward fees for cigarette producers/manufacturers/first importers to cover the cost of cigarette butt management, including public education, signage, cleanup and disposal," wrote Harnum.