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City announces pioneering plan to clean up cigarette butt litter and build better roads — here’s how...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCigarette butts are a massive source of pollution, but Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia, has...
It's Time to Ban Cigarette Filters
Treehugger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe world's most common type of litter, cigarette filters leach thousands of toxic chemicals and microplastics into the environment. Robert Recker /...
Cigarette recycling: Slovakia is transforming filters into asphalt for roads
Euronews via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBratislava is pioneering a new way to recycle cigarette butts. The Slovakian capital’s municipal...
No butts on the beach: Miami Beach to outlaw cigarette smoking at parks and beaches
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoSmoking cigarettes at beaches and parks in Miami Beach will be illegal starting next year. City...
Study makes grim revelation about cigarette filters: ‘They have to be taken off the market entirely’
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe adverse impacts of cigarettes on human health are plenty, but a 2023 study found that cigarettes...
Tybee's beach is not an 'ashtray' – shore goes smoke-free this summer
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Tybee Island resident Tim Arnold walks along the beach, he often stoops to pick up the...
Targeted menthol cigarette ads helped lead to high Black usage. Should they be banned?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter decades of Big Tobacco advertisements splattered across billboards, tucked inside buses and...
No more butts on Florida Keys beaches? What you need to know about a new smoking ban
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoYou can’t legally smoke cigarettes or pipes on several Florida Keys beaches and parks anymore. A new...
Smokers toss away 4 trillion plastic cigarette filters a year
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoYou might not know that cigarette filters are made of plastic. The small, spongy end pieces look a...
Local governments respond to new beach smoking law
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs of July 1, local governments in Florida have the authority to regulate smoking on beaches through new laws known as the Florida Clean Air Act....
