| The use of tobacco products is deadly to humans. | | | | plants. |
| There's really no question about it. Every day thinking | | | | Here's how: |
| people all over the world decide to kick the smoking | | | | • Remove the filter and paper from each |
| habit. And many of them succeed! But with smoking | | | | cigarette and put the tobacco into a large pot of boiling |
| cessation success comes a small problem; what to do | | | | water |
| with those leftover cigarettes? | | | | • Add six fresh chopped garlic pods and |
| It's really hard to throw a pack of cigarettes that you | | | | several crushed pods of the hottest chili you can find. |
| paid upwards of four bucks for into the garbage. You | | | | • Bring the mixture to a rolling boil. |
| sure don't want to give those leftover cigarettes to | | | | • Reduce the heat and simmer for at least an |
| your friends who are still smoking; you want your | | | | hour. (You should probably do this outdoors or with all |
| friends to quit smoking, too. | | | | of the windows and doors open because there will be |
| So…if you can't throw them away and you can't give | | | | a strong and lingering odor.) |
| them away, what CAN you do with those leftover | | | | • Next strain the solids out using cheese cloth. |
| cigarettes after you've kicked the smoking addiction? | | | | • Put the liquid in a spray bottle. |
| Here's a PLAN! The nicotine in those cigarettes is not | | | | Apply it to indoor plants to kill aphids and other insects |
| only deadly to YOU. It's deadly to other living creatures | | | | especially during winter months. You can use it on |
| as well; living creatures like the bugs that plague your | | | | outdoor plants any time or the year. Spray the trunks |
| garden and your house plants. | | | | of saplings to prevent girdling by larger animals during |
| Tobacco water has been used as an insecticide since | | | | the winter months. The smarter animals will not come |
| the 1800's. Tobacco water is absolutely deadly to | | | | near tobacco which should be a lesson for humans. |
| most garden insects. | | | | KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN! This is a |
| So….rather than using those cigarettes to kill yourself, | | | | highly toxic mixture that is deadly to children, pets and |
| you can use them to kill the bugs that are killing your | | | | wildlife! |