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Ah ,yes batteries that can explode if heated are way more dangerous than tobaco ash.
First of all, we are not talking here about ash but the cigarette filters, 4.5 trillions of it are littered every year, that contain all the toxins, are made of plastic fibers and it is not bio degradable.
https://truthinitiative.org/research-resources/harmful-effects-tobacco/5-ways-cigarette-litter-impacts-environment#:~:text=Is%20cigarette%20waste%20toxic%3F,animals%20who%20eat%20cigarette%20butts.
Didn't know that but also exploding batteries
Its not a competition
Well it appears I took a jet to the finish line proably will need to look into what exactly makes cigarrete waste mor dangerous than the batteries 👍
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