One way to fill up your jails is to incarcerate people for minor offences, such as dropping litter, including cigarette butts.Read More
If civic-minded citizens didn’t pay for the costs created by those less civic-minded, there would be no tobacco-company donations to the EU for fighting the illegal trade – and no prisons.Read More
In New Zealand, the amount of litter is measured by the number of rugby pitches it would cover – an image that most locals would find too distressing to contemplate.Read More
There is not much detail in a story from South Korea about a process under trial that promises to turn cigarette butts into compost, but, if it proves viable, it could be a game-changer.Read More
Researching what can be done with the huge quantity of cigarette butts discarded each year is a road well-traveled.Read More
Long ago, tobacco manufacturers were charged with and found guilty of misleading smokers about ‘light’ cigarettes. Now, a little late, scientists are looking for the evidence.Read More
A question has been raised about ‘Filtergate’, but a more pertinent question might ask why the EU insists on delivery maximums when it believes that delivery levels do not affect health outcomes.Read More
The idea that non-filter cigarettes should be taxed at a higher rate than filtered cigarettes seems not to make sense since a filter can be removed.Read More
‘Ballot bins’ are being trialed in a borough in Northern Ireland in another attempt to mitigate the ‘scourge of cigarette butts littering pavements’.Read More
Flying by the seat of your pants could take on a whole new meaning if, as new research has indicated, butts can be used as the basis for energy materials.Read More
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