Discarded cigarette butts are a top source of plastic pollution, and a new study estimates that banning menthol cigarettes in the United States would lead to 3.8 billion fewer littered cigarette filters each year, saving ...
Oct 13, 2022
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Cigarette butts pile up in parks, beaches, streets and bus stops, places where all types of littering are frowned upon. An estimated more than five trillion butts are generated by smokers worldwide each year, and concern ...
Jan 29, 2020
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Requiring cigarettes to contain biodegradable filters, fining smokers who litter cigarette butts and expanding smoke free outdoor areas are measures the public considers are most likely to reduce tobacco product waste, new ...
Jun 14, 2019
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Smokers who flout a smoking ban on 20 of Thailand's most famous tourist beaches will face a $3,000 fine or up to a year in prison, Thai authorities have said.
Oct 17, 2017
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Cigarette filters were initially introduced by the tobacco industry in the 1960s to make cigarettes "safer". But we now know they provide no safety, no health benefits, and are a major cause of environmental littering.
Oct 16, 2017
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Soon the footpath you walk on could be full of cigarette butts, instead of being littered with them.
Aug 7, 2017
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Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, also warning of the dire environmental impact of tobacco production, distribution and waste.
May 30, 2017
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Smokers in Italy are now facing fines of up to 500 euros ($600) if they light up in a car with a child or pregnant woman—or if they toss a cigarette butt on the street—after new health and environmental laws went into ...
Feb 2, 2016
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Cigarettes in France will be sold in plain packaging under a law that was finally passed in parliament on Thursday despite objections from the conservative opposition.
Dec 17, 2015
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Cigarettes will have to be sold in plain packaging in France from next year after the French parliament narrowly voted through a proposal which has drawn the ire of tobacconists.
Nov 26, 2015
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