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Butt clean up campaigns: wolves in sheep’s clothing?

Correspondence to:
Professor Simon Chapman
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Building A 27, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; simonchapman@health.usyd.edu.au

Keywords: cigarette butts; littering

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In 2005, matches and lighters were struck under an estimated 5.494 trillion cigarettes consumed by the world’s 1.3 billion smokers. The great majority of their non-biodegradable butts are thrown on the ground. Butts are easily the single most common form of litter, with one analysis showing they constitute 39% by weight of all litter.¹ For many smokers, the world is their ashtray.

BUTT LITTERING TRUST
There is growing concern about this form of unsightly and dangerous² pollution. Google shows 63 500 hits for "cigarette butt" and "litter" and the international tobacco industry has got a nasty lungful of this new ill-wind and may be coming soon with a big environmentally friendly smile to run a publicity campaign near you. In Australia, British American Tobacco has set up the Butt Littering Trust, with $A2.8 million (US$2.089 million, 1.619 million) allocated over four years. Philip Morris has spent $A331 775 (US$247 454, 191 833) . . . [Full text of this article]

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