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Save the fishies. Tax the butts.

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Bruce Watson

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Nov 21, 2009, 3:28:11 PM11/21/09
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Cigarette butts are toxic to fish and should be labeled as toxic
hazardous waste, U.S. researchers say.

Scientists at San Diego State University say that a single cigarette
butt containing a small amount of unburnt tobacco is enough to
contaminate a litre of water and kill half of the fish swimming in it.

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/20/tech-environment-cigarette-butt.html

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