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Slaughter, E., R. M. Gersberg, K. Watanabe, J. Rudolph, C. Stransky, and T. E. Novotny. "Toxicity of Cigarette Butts, and Their Chemical Components, to Marine and Freshwater Fish." Tobacco Control 20.Supplement 1 (2011): I25-29.

http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/20/Suppl_1/i25.full

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Source: “Get the Facts.” Smoke-Free ATL - Everyone in ATL Has the Right to Breathe Smoke-Free Air. 2018.

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1,685,068 pounds of toxic chemicals were released by tobacco product manufacturing facilities in the US in 2012. There goes the neighborhood!

Source: "TRI 312229: Other Tobacco Product Manufacturing Facilities (NAICS 312229)." A Center for Effective Government. Washington, DC. 2011. Web.

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600 MILLION TREES are chopped down every year for Big Tobacco.

Source: "Tobacco and the environment." Action on Smoking and Health. Sept. 2015. Web.

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Every day, cows release methane gas into the air. From you know where. But methane is also found somewhere else. Yesiree, in cigarette smoke.

Source: "Smoking and Tobacco Control." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine, 19 Nov. 2001. Report.

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An estimated 1.69 BILLION pounds of butts wind up as toxic trash each year.

Source: "Cigarette Butts Are Toxic Waste." California Department of Public Health. 2015. Web.

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One tree is killed for just 15 packs of Cigarettes.

Source: "Billions of trees. Millions of cigarette butts. One dangerous product." California Department of Public Health. 2015. Web.

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Even brief contact with secondhand smoke can cause harm.

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: What It Means to You. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2010.

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One cigarette company biologically engineered tobacco plants to have twice the normal level of nicotine.

Source: "A Report of the Surgeon General." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. Other Effects. 2004: 616. Report.

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One cigarette butt soaked in a liter of water killed half of the fish exposed in a study in a laboratory setting.

Source: Slaughter, Elli, et al."Toxicity of cigarette butts, and their chemical components, to marine and freshwater fish." Tobacco Control. 2011. Web.

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Every year, 27 million pounds of pesticides are used to grow tobacco.

Source: "Fact Sheet: Environmental Impact of Tobacco." Multnomah County Health Department. March 2013. Web.

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Most cigarette filters are made of plastic, not cotton (like your shirt)

Source: Fundamental Research Centre,Luke, JA. Degradability of Filter Materials and Plastics Packaging. 1991 September 20. British American Tobacco.

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There is no level or amount of exposure to secondhand smoke that is “risk-free.”

Source: “Smokefree Policies Improve Health.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 Dec. 2016,

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4.5 trillion cigarette butts are littered worldwide each year. Yuck!

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600 MILLION TREES are chopped down every year for Big Tobacco.

Every day, cows release methane gas into the air. From you know where. But methane is also found somewhere else. Yesiree, in cigarette smoke.

An estimated 1.69 BILLION pounds of butts wind up as toxic trash each year.

One tree is killed for just 15 packs of Cigarettes.

Even brief contact with secondhand smoke can cause harm.

One cigarette company biologically engineered tobacco plants to have twice the normal level of nicotine.

One cigarette butt soaked in a liter of water killed half of the fish exposed in a study in a laboratory setting.

Every year, 27 million pounds of pesticides are used to grow tobacco.

Most cigarette filters are made of plastic, not cotton (like your shirt)

There is no level or amount of exposure to secondhand smoke that is “risk-free.”

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Secondhand smoke causes more than 41,000 deaths among nonsmoking adults every single year.

1,685,068 pounds of toxic chemicals were released by tobacco product manufacturing facilities in the US in 2012. There goes the neighborhood!

600 MILLION TREES are chopped down every year for Big Tobacco.

Every day, cows release methane gas into the air. From you know where. But methane is also found somewhere else. Yesiree, in cigarette smoke.

An estimated 1.69 BILLION pounds of butts wind up as toxic trash each year.

One tree is killed for just 15 packs of Cigarettes.

Even brief contact with secondhand smoke can cause harm.

One cigarette company biologically engineered tobacco plants to have twice the normal level of nicotine.

One cigarette butt soaked in a liter of water killed half of the fish exposed in a study in a laboratory setting.

Every year, 27 million pounds of pesticides are used to grow tobacco.

Most cigarette filters are made of plastic, not cotton (like your shirt)

There is no level or amount of exposure to secondhand smoke that is “risk-free.”

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