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Making the tobacco industry pay for cigarette litter could stop 4.5 billion butts polluting the Australian environment

  • Written by Kylie Morphett, Research Fellow, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Cigarette butts with filters are the most commonly littered item worldwide, with a staggering 4.5 trillion of them tossed into the environment each year. This is a huge problem; many end up on beaches and in the ocean, and the tar from burnt tobacco in the filter can be toxic to wildlife.

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