Facts about Cigarette Butts

Now you’ll know why you need to quit smoking once and for all. Quitting this deadly habit is not all about you anymore; apparently, it is killing our environment as well and I am not talking about air pollution which is very apparent; this is about harmless looking cigarette butts contaminating our Earth’s marine life and poisoning fishes all over the world.

Obviously, cigarette butts are not biodegradable. Try as one might, it will not break into smaller particles; most likely, they will end up in some hungry fish’s stomach which will gradually kill the poor fish. By the way, one cigarette butt contains numerous hazardous chemicals that can kill its unknowing victim in no time. Even those dubbed as “eco cigarettes” will take time, years and even decades before they’re broken down to smaller particles. Although one small cigarette butt couldn’t very well make a large impact to the environment, consider all those butts smokers flick after each cigarette stick.

Cigarette butt breaks the ecological cycle. It has no role whatsoever in the natural cycle of things hence it just hinders the flow therefore producing mild to severe environmental effects. Even if a smoker doesn’t directly toss his cigarette butt to the ocean or any body of water for that matter, those butts littering our streets will most likely find their way into the water, no matter what. It doesn’t matter how small you think a cigarette butt may be, the bottomline is, everything you throw away will make our environment suffer.

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One Response to “Facts about Cigarette Butts”

1. Bill Hawthorne says:

   July 7, 2009 at 8:23 am

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