Posts Tagged ‘cigarette butts’

Blighted beaches: Britain’s shores are drowning in litter

Friday, March 26th, 2010

From the mundane debris of food wrappers and cigarette butts, to a laboratory incubator and a dead goat, Britain’s beaches are strewn with litter, according to the Marine Conservation Society. The volunteers who conducted the survey, the UK’s biggest, found one piece for each step along the shore. The results showed litter levels along the coasts have increased dramatically since 1994, from 1,000 items per kilometre to over 1,800 items. It also found that plastic litter was at its highest level ever. ... read more >>

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Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette. Or not

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Local songwriters cough up five songs about smoking ... read more >>

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Cigarettes cause brush fire

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Improperly discarded cigarette butts started a small brush fire Sunday afternoon at Wilderness Cove Apartments in Beaufort, a Fire Department spokesman said. ... read more >>

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Quadriplegic dies in fire blamed on his smoking

Friday, July 31st, 2009

A Gloucester County quadraplegic who was unable to escape a fire in his bedroom died this morning from burns and smoke inhalation. ... read more >>

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Smoking heroin leads teen to deadly addiction

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Dear Straight Talk: I’ve been hiding my boyfriend in my basement bedroom because his parents kicked him out. What nobody knows is that he is addicted to heroin. We both began smoking it in our cigarettes, or sometimes snorting it, and now he has starting shooting it. Please help. I don’t want to do it anymore. He says he wants to stop, but all he does is get more. Maybe he sounds awful to be a heroin addict but he is a beautiful person and I love him. I don’t want him to go to jail or be homeless if I tell my parents about him. How can I get him to quit? — Desperate in Salinas ... read more >>

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Fire at MSP Airport Baggage Claim

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Cigarette butts swept by janitor suspected in fire ... read more >>

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Fire at airport causes evacuation in baggage claim area

Friday, July 10th, 2009

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — A fire at the Minneapolis airport closed an area in the baggage claim area Wednesday afternoon. ... read more >>

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