Tobacco and cigarette butt consumption in humans and animals

Discarded cigarette butts may present health risks to human infants and animals because of indiscriminate eating behaviours. Nicotine found in cigarette butts may cause vomiting and neurological toxicity; leachates of cigarette butts in aquatic environments may cause exposure to additional toxic che...

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Main Authors:	Novotny, Thomas E, Hardin, Sarah N, Hovda, Lynn R, Novotny, Dale J, McLean, Mary Kay, Khan, Safdar
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	BMJ Group 2011
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088460/

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spelling	pubmed-30884602011-05-16 Tobacco and cigarette butt consumption in humans and animals Novotny, Thomas E Hardin, Sarah N Hovda, Lynn R Novotny, Dale J McLean, Mary Kay Khan, Safdar Research Paper Discarded cigarette butts may present health risks to human infants and animals because of indiscriminate eating behaviours. Nicotine found in cigarette butts may cause vomiting and neurological toxicity; leachates of cigarette butts in aquatic environments may cause exposure to additional toxic chemicals including heavy metals, ethyl phenol and pesticide residues. This report reviews published and grey literature regarding cigarette butt waste consumption by children, pets and wildlife. Although reports of human and animal exposures number in the tens of thousands, severe toxic outcomes due to butt consumption are rare. Nonetheless, the ubiquity of cigarette butt waste and its potential for adverse effects on human and animal health warrants additional research and policy interventions to reduce the stream of these pollutants in the environment. BMJ Group 2011-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3088460/ /pubmed/21504918 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2011.043489 Text en © 2011, Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/legalcode.
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title	Tobacco and cigarette butt consumption in humans and animals
title_short	Tobacco and cigarette butt consumption in humans and animals
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description	Discarded cigarette butts may present health risks to human infants and animals because of indiscriminate eating behaviours. Nicotine found in cigarette butts may cause vomiting and neurological toxicity; leachates of cigarette butts in aquatic environments may cause exposure to additional toxic chemicals including heavy metals, ethyl phenol and pesticide residues. This report reviews published and grey literature regarding cigarette butt waste consumption by children, pets and wildlife. Although reports of human and animal exposures number in the tens of thousands, severe toxic outcomes due to butt consumption are rare. Nonetheless, the ubiquity of cigarette butt waste and its potential for adverse effects on human and animal health warrants additional research and policy interventions to reduce the stream of these pollutants in the environment.
publisher	BMJ Group
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Tobacco and cigarette butt consumption in humans and animals

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