According to environmental clean-up reports, cigarette butts are the No. 1 littered item on U.S. roadways and the No. 1 item found on beaches and waterways worldwide.
The first 200 people to email environment@legacyforhealth.org with their Earth Day cigarette butt clean-up story and an image, will receive a free t-shirt from Legacy.
Resources
- Click Here for more facts on the environmental impact of cigarettes.
- Click Here to read the 2012 press release.
- Want to Help Raise Awareness? Click Here to Learn How
- Click Here to download the Marine Debris Tracker mobile application, which allows you to help make a difference by uploading images of trash that you find on our coastlines and waterways.
Research findings published in a special supplement of the journal, Tobacco Control on April 19, 2011, provide evidence of the destructive impact that cigarette butts have on the environment and its ecosystems. Click Here for a full report in journal, Tobacco Control.
Watch “Butt Really,” a viral video featuring celebrities showing that “our planet is not an ashtray.”
Related Warner Series Lecture: In 2011, Legacy hosted a panel discussion on this topic. Watch the archived Warner series discussion here.
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