They may look harmless, but 4.5 trillion cigarette filters are littered worldwide each year making them the most abundant plastic pollutant on Earth. They are not biodegradable but are made of plastic fibers (cellulose acetate) They can take up to 10 years to break down into tiny pieces of plastic- microplastics – which are hazard to our environment. Even worse, the toxic compounds in cigarette butts, including formaldehyde, nicotine, arsenic, and lead, are leached into the natural environment, far outlasting the life of the butts themselves. Studies have shown that ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. Imagine the impact of 4.5 trillion cigarette butts if ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐น๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐. Just another example of the far-reaching devastation the tobacco industry continues to cause.
The single action you can take that will make a real impact on this problem is to ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐บ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด! Going tobacco-free will protect your health and improve the health of the planet.
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