Butt emissions: Study finds even extinguished cigarettes give off toxins

Thursday, January 30, 2020 - 10:10 in Health & Medicine

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.

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