Filter Waste Compared to Other Pollutants Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Item Cigarettes / filters Wrappers / food containers Caps, lids Cups, plates, knives, forks, spoons Beverage bottles (plastic) Bags (plastic) Beverage bottles (glass) Beverage cans Straws / stirrers Rope Number of Debri Items 52,907,756 14,766,533 13,585,425 10,112,038 9,549,156 7,825,319 7,062,199 6,753,260 6,263,453 3,251,948 Percentage of Total Debris 32% 9% 8% 6% 6% 5% 4% 4% 4% 2% Famous Microonite Filter Advertisement for Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co.s Kent cigarettes in MD from 1960
For questions assessing the harmfulness of products, subjective terminology was used, so that absolute statements of these responses should be made with caution
The message for regulators dealing with newly marketed reduced risk products is that any suggestion of seriously reduced coronary heart disease and stroke from using these products is premature. Deborah Arnott, chief executive of health charity ASH, said: Many smokers think that theyre not at risk if they only smoke one or two a day
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and how the cigarette company used the beverage maker as a cloak of sheeps clothing