Sweden has reached its target of fewer than five percent of the population smoking regularly – and is consequently considered "smoke-free".
  • Rothe@piefed.socialEnglish
    122·
    2 days ago

    Not to mention the littering problem is even worse than with cigarette butts.

      • Nighed@feddit.ukEnglish
        11·
        2 days ago

        They are just in different places though. All the lithium batteries keep causing fires in bin lorries and recycling/waste processing places

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Are they not biodegradable? The claim is that cigarette filters can’t be biodegradable (or no one forced them to), but why wouldn’t these be?

      Not that it’s an excuse for littering, but we ought to be able to mitigate the harm a bit

      • SaltySalamander@fedia.io
        2·
        2 days ago

        Are they not biodegradable?

        Doesn’t matter too much for the small woodland creature that comes behind you and tries to eat it, giving himself nicotine poisoning in the process.