Cigarette butts are toxic plastic pollution. Should they be banned?
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Democratic lawmakers want to ban the sale of cigarette butts
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New move to ban the sale of cigarette filters and single-use vape products
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Cigarette butts are leaking thousands of deadly toxins into the environment - Study Finds
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Plastic pollution from cigarette butts likely costs US $26 billion/year
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Are Cigarette Butts Harmful To The Environment? - Sigma Earth
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Kicking Butts: NY Bill Proposes Banning Filtered Cigarettes
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EU ban on microplastics stubs out cigarette butt pollution
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Ban filter cigarettes, reduce plastic waste
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Ban cigarette filters to curb hazardous tobacco waste, say researchers, Waste
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Cigarette butts leak deadly toxins into the environment
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Cigarette butts: Year 2023 Toxic plastic pollution, should they be banned?
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Cigarette butts are toxic plastic pollution. Should they be banned?
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Tobacco and the environment
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Toxic ticking time bomb': plastic pollution from cigarettes costs US$26 billion a year, study finds