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Toxic: Cigarette Butt That Burn

Butt emissions: Study finds even extinguished cigarettes give off toxins. Researchers have discovered that a used cigarette butt - even one that is cold to the touch - can give off the equivalent of 14% of the nicotine that an actively burning cigarette emits. They are calling this newly discovered form of cigarette exposure ''after smoke'' or butt emissions. Source 6r.

Burn Butt Cigarette Toxic

Anything from a cigarette can simply be a pose a certain risk in the first place. Even after you're done with the cigarette the smoke and heat still remains - hence why sometimes you must completely extinguish the item because if dropped to random spots it can literally cause a fire in some cases!