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. 

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.