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Smoking has been banned in most indoor public buildings and restaurants to increase the health of all people forcing smokers to move their habits outside but smokers now discard their cigarette butts on the street where they end up in rivers, lakes, and oceans. Therefore, more policies need to be implemented and enforced so that we keep the oceans clean. Links:
1) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969721034550
2) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169534721002755
3) https://kwit.app/en/blog/posts/cigarette-butts-the-main-source-of-sea-and-ocean-pollution
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