NU12#9 - Butt Fill (reusable cigarette butts) by Rhea Jardin

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From: Rhea Jardin <rgjardin@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Monday, November 5, 2012 3:54 PM
Subject: NU12#9 - Butt Fill (reusable cigarette butts) by Rhea Jardin

         Smoking is dangerous to your health, as what is printed on cigarette packaging. It is not only dangerous to our health, but the cigarette butts that are being thrown out everywhere by smokers are dangerous to our environment. The butts contain toxins and other chemicals that can be released in the environment, particularly in our water system. Butt Fill, a reusable cigarette butt, could help solve the problem in cigarette butt disposal. The Butt Fill is quite similar with the traditional pipe except that it is designed particularly for cigarettes only. The manufacturers of cigarettes should produce cigarettes that have no butts. These no-butts cigarettes will be inserted in the Butt Fill and smokers will be able to consume the cigarette to the fullest, thus no butts will be left out to be thrown elsewhere. The Butt Fill could be reuse over and over again, and the fibrous materials inside it that traps tar and other toxins can be refill or replaced after 2 or 3 years depending on how frequent the smoker uses it. 3