The study led by Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England found that a cigarette butt can cut down the germination, or development, of plants, adding to concerns about discarded cigarette remnants as an under-acknowledged, but widespread, pollutant
Cigarettes are the most frequent source of fires leading to loss of lives in private homes, which has prompted the European Union and the United States to ban cigarettes that are not fire standard compliant by 2011
Health authorities report that tobacco smoke contains thousands of chemicals, including many that are known to cause cancer
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An estimated 5.6 trillion cigarettes are smoked every year worldwide, of which 4.5 trillion cigarette butts become litter