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[Wyoming] Wind, Cigarette Butts, Culprits In Two Weekend Fires
A balcony fire at an apartment complex on the 1100 block of Boulder Drive was traced to smoking material that had not been fully extinguished.
Dec 4, 2012
KTWO (K2) (Casper, WY)
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Dec 5, 2012 05:55
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Cigarette Butts in Nests Deter Bird Parasites
a new study suggests that some birds may benefit from nesting with cigarette butts. The nicotine lingering in filters may serve as an insecticide, driving parasites away from the nests and the baby birds living within.
Dec 4, 2012
Scientific American blogs
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Dec 5, 2012 05:20
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[Mexico] Birds line nests with cigarette butts to repel pests, scientists claim
Scientists in Mexico City studied nests of house sparrows and house finches that each contained, on average, about 10 used cigarette butts.
Dec 5, 2012
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
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Dec 5, 2012 05:04
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[Uae: Dubai] Cigarette Caused Tamweel Tower Dubai Fire
A disposed cigarette butt has been blamed as the cause of the fire at Tamweel Tower in Dubai’s Jumeirah Lakes Towers development last month, which gutted the building leaving hundreds homeless. Dubai Police has issued an official report in which they sa
Dec 5, 2012
Gulf Business (ua)
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Dec 5, 2012 04:55
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FASSLER: A ban on smoking at beaches would enhance Hawaii's reputation
"Waikiki Beach is a giant ashtray!" So observed a Canadian visitor, whom I met on the beach at Kapiolani Park.
Dec 3, 2012
Honolulu (HI) Star Advertiser
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Dec 3, 2012 11:44
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[New York] Tossed Cigarette Results In Partial Hospital Evacuation
A cloud of smoke engulfed part of Southampton Hospital on Friday morning, the result, apparently, of a cigarette tossed into an outdoor grate by a passerby, officials on the scene said.
Nov 30, 2012
Southampton (NY) Press
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Dec 1, 2012 11:17
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[UK] £330 up in smoke: Dropping cigarette butt proves costly for Oldham woman as town crack down on littering
Lynette Shaw, from Sholver, failed to pay the £80 Fixed Penalty Notice that she received on June 15 after an Environmental Health Enforcement Officer observed her dropping a cigarette butt.
Nov 29, 2012
Mancunian Matters (uk)
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Nov 30, 2012 09:42
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EDITORIAL: No ifs, ands or butts: OU moving toward a smoke-free campus
Hopefully soon, the thick, heavy aroma of cigarette smoke that clouds entrances to campus buildings will clear. In place of it will be clean, fresh air unaffected by the toxins of tobacco passed on to students by the myriad smokers at Oakland University
Nov 29, 2012
Oakland Post (Oakland University, Rochester, MI)
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Nov 29, 2012 15:34
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[West Virginia] City of Bridgeport Considering Smoking Ordinance in City Parks
Shannon Jackson and her two kids approached the Bridgeport City Council several weeks ago to introduce the program. The program would put up "Tobacco-Free" signs up in all of the parks and encourage enforcement of that ban.
Nov 28, 2012
WBOY-TV (Clarksburg, WV)
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Nov 28, 2012 18:43
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[China] Official pays 50-yuan fine for tossing cigarette butt
The urban management bureau in Wuhan, Hubei Province, nabbed its first out-of-province litterer, after an official from neighboring Henan Province paid a 50-yuan ($8) fine for throwing a cigarette butt out of his car window.
Nov 23, 2012
People's Daily (cn)
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Nov 23, 2012 14:55