| With the smoking ban announced for all
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| | take many years to decompose. Smokers may
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| regions of the United Kingdom and brought
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| | not realize that their actions have such
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| into force in 2006 for Scotland and 2007
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| | a lasting, negative impact on the
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| for the rest on the UK, the end of
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| | environment.
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| smoking in public buildings is finally
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| | What happens after that butt gets
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| here.
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| | casually flicked onto the street, nature
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| The law aims to protect workers and the
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| | trail, or beach? Typically wind and rain
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| general public from the harmful effects
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| | carry the cigarette into the water
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| of passive smoking. It is estimated that
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| | supply, where the toxic chemicals the
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| exposure to second-hand smoke increases
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| | cigarette filter was designed to trap
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| the risk of lung cancer in adult
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| | leak out into aquatic ecosystems,
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| non-smokers by 24 per cent and heart
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| | threatening the quality of the water and
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| disease in adult non-smokers by 25 per
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| | many aquatic lifeforms. Cigarette butts
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| cent.
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| | may seem small, but with several trillion
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| Passive smoking also causes respiratory
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| | butts littered every year, the toxic
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| disease and asthma in non-smoking adults
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| | chemicals add up!
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| and children. The UK Scientific Committee
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| | The battle against cigarette litter can
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| on Tobacco and Health concluded in 2004
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| | only be won if smokers join the fight on
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| that second-hand smoke is a serious
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| | the right side. There are already
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| public health risk.
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| | millions of smokers who don't litter
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| Those in charge of the premises would be
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| | their cigarettes, and many of them are
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| fools to let you get away with it,
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| | actively spreading the word to fellow
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| especially considering that they could
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| | smokers. Unfortunately, they are still a
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| face a £2,500 fine if they fail to stop
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| | small minority. If you are a considerate
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| you. They could also be charged
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| | smoker who doesn't litter, THANK YOU!
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| on-the-spot fines of £200 if they fail
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| | Please continue setting a positive
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| to display no-smoking signs, with the
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| | example and please continue to help us in
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| penalty increasing to £1,000 if the
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| | any way that you can.
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| issue goes to court.
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| | We are also as a country going to require
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| With the UK goverments decision to
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| | additional public spending to keep clean
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| finally ban smoking in all public places
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| | our towns, cities and countryside. Its
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| by mid 2007. The future of the nation
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| | been estimated the cost of keeping our
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| health looks set to improve, with
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| | country clean and dealing with the
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| reductions in smoking related diseses.
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| | problem will run into 100's of millions
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| Studies from New York have shown a 20%
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| | of pounds per year. Enforcement of
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| reduction in the number of people
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| | anti-litter law with play a very
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| lighting up and a greater reduction of
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| | important part of reducing the impact of
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| cigarettes being smoked by the people who
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| | cigarette litter, but more importantly
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| have failed to kick the habit. Its
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| | providing cigarette bins and outdoor
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| difficult to see any negative impact the
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| | ashtrays will greatly reduce the numbers
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| new legistition with have on the citizens
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| | of cigarette butts littering the country
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| on the United Kingdom.
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| | by collecting them in the areas there
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| However the impact on the enviroment of
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| | people will continue to smoke.
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| this country will be more noticable. With
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| | When people think of enforcement they too
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| people being forced to smoke outside the
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| | often think of the police or other
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| workplace, pubs, restaurant and all other
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| | government agencies. It is true that we
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| public building, the increase in
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| | need more enforcement of existing litter
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| cigarette litter will be increadible.
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| | laws from those groups, but the best
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| With millions of cigarette per day being
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| | enforcement for something like this comes
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| smoked outside, it will not be long
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| | from friends, co-workers, and family. If
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| before tons of addition litter will be
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| | you know someone who litters, tell him or
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| effecting the places we all live and
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| | her openly how you feel about it. If your
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| work.
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| | employer allows you or your colleges to
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| There is a lot of misinformation out
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| | smoke at the back door of the work place,
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| there regarding cigarette butt litter.
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| | then ask them to provide a cigarette bin.
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| The biggest myth is that cigarette
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| | If you or your friends smoke outside the
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| filters are biodegradable. In fact,
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| | pub then ask the landlord to provide an
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| cigarette butts are not biodegradable in
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| | outdoor ashtray for disposal of cigarette
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| the sense that most people think of the
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| | litter. This is a problem we can all help
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| word. The acetate (plastic) filters can
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| | to reduce one butt at a time.
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