Other benefits of vaping (Fun facts)

[Bunnykiller]

Cigarette butts and packaging are the most littered item in the world. Cigarette Butts comprise ~50% of all litters in North America alone (statisticbrain.com/littering-statistics). As of early 2013, there are roughly 5.5 trillion cigarettes being consumed globally per year. The governments spend billions of dollars around the world on collecting cigarette butts, but is only able to collect about 10% (0.55 trillion) of the total disposed by us. (cigwaste.org). So the other 90%, roughly 4.95 trillion filters (“butts”) are not disposed properly and are deposited somewhere in the environment worldwide. That's trillions of cigarettes flicked in our neighborhoods, beaches, nature trails, gardens, and other public places every single day.


Thank You for not smoking!

the math sounds way off.... if 5.5 trillion are made and 10% collected (550 billion) and what method of collection is this? and where are they collected from?
So that leaves 4.95 trillion unaccounted for but does not mean they are disposed of improperly.....

so, if we use the 10% collection rate... that means the government is picking up 2 out of 20 ciggies smoked from each pack
this may be probable... but consider an average smoker and the method of disposal.... Im willing to say that the average smoker will properly dispose of 65%+ of the ciggies into an ashtray/urn/smoking recepticle etc instead of flicking it away.

 

[DavidOck]

Not to mention the brush fires started by inconsiderate smokers along the highways...

 

[jking17]

As an ex dipper, imagine my surprise when this occured 8-o
My stomach gets queasy with just thinking about it.

Yes...I remember this. and while driving. I'll probably have nightmares Later.

 

[The Cloud Minder]

Even when I smoked I was very conscientious of my waste. I always kept a .... tin and discarded them in it. Being a smoker does not mean you are automatically a litter bug. Leave no trace really is a thing.

Don't worry, I balanced you out by littering all over the place. The Earth is a really big place and every thing here now was here before mankind. (barring the insignificant mass wise accumulated from space debris, and decayed nucleics)

 

[Bunnykiller]

Don't worry, I balanced you out by littering all over the place. The Earth is a really big place and every thing here now was here before mankind. (barring the insignificant mass wise accumulated from space debris, and decayed nucleics)

eventually the space debris will find its way back ( the orbital stuff) who knows, maybe even V - Ger will phone home