Should Cigarette Butts Be Banned?

And what is one of the Two Biggest, Deadliest Kinds of Marine Trash? Cigarette butts. "About 40 percent of the litter in the Mediterranean Sea is smoking-related from butts and wrapping, the UN agency said . . . In Ecuador, smoking-related refuse accounted for more than half of coastal garbage."

When I used to smoke, the occasional unfiltered Camel was a treat. For a while, Gauloises and Gitanes were trendy among designer types who wanted to stand out in a crowd. And filters don't actually do anything. So why not just ban filters and solve the butt problem? (image: bitpicture)