The Lord placed Adam in the garden to till it and to tend it, and nothing has changed, the same rules apply. Yes, you read it right, those are rules, and it is a privilege for man to obey those rules not a choice.
A human being does not have a choice when it comes to long term health and environmental sustainability. That is a gift that comes with rules from a much higher life force. And yet there are people everywhere who make "bad choices" that tempt fate hurting not only themselves and others but the environment as well.
Smoking is one of those "bad choices" that has no long term sustainability, not for people and not for our garden. It is common knowledge that cigarette smoke will kill an individual eventually and it is also common knowledge that second hand smoke also has the same potential toxins. But what about the cigarette butts carelessly being purposely smashed into the ground of our beautiful garden?
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Here is the research I have found:
It takes between 10 and 15 years for a fibre cigarette filter to break down;
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200 cigarette filters, taken as a whole, contain enough nicotine to kill an adult; and,
Cigarette butts represent 30 percent of the waste found on American shorelines and waterways.
What happens after a cigarette butt is flicked onto the street, nature trail, or beach? CigaretteLitter.org has the answer: “Typically wind and rain carry the cigarette into the water supply, where the toxic chemicals the cigarette filter was designed to trap leak out into aquatic ecosystems, threatening the quality of the water and many aquatic life forms. Cigarette butts may seem small, but with several trillion butts littered every year, the toxic chemicals add up!” cigarette filters that are made from cellulose acetate:
It takes between 10 and 15 years for a fibre cigarette filter to break down;
200 cigarette filters, taken as a whole, contain enough nicotine to kill an adult; and,
Cigarette butts represent 30 percent of the waste found on American shorelines and waterways.
What happens after a cigarette butt is flicked onto the street, nature trail, or beach? CigaretteLitter.org has the answer: “Typically wind and rain carry the cigarette into the water supply, where the toxic chemicals the cigarette filter was designed to trap leak out into aquatic ecosystems, threatening the quality of the water and many aquatic life forms. Cigarette butts may seem small, but with several trillion butts littered every year, the toxic chemicals add up!”
This is your city, this is your city with cigarettes, any questions?