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• Every day UK smokers throw away about 200 million butts
• 122 tons of cigarette butts and cigarette related litter is dropped every day in the UK
• The most commonly found litter on the UK's streets and beaches is cigarette butts
• Many people believe that cigarette filters are biodegradable. They are not!
• Cigarette butts are made of cellulose acetate, which takes 12 years to biodegrade
• Cigarette butts leak toxins that contaminate water and harm marine life and the environment
• Cigarette filters have been found in the stomachs of fish, birds, whales and other marine creatures, who mistake them for food
• Cigarette associated litter amounts for 70% - 90% of all litter in our Town Centres
• It costs the UK government around £370 million a year to remove litter from our streets
• A dropped cigarette butt carries a littering fine of at least £50 and can be as much as £2500
• Careless smoking is estimated to be the number one cause of fire related death and injury in the UK
• Smoking causes 5,400 property fires every year in the UK

Sources: ash, buttsandgum, defra, encams