(via removepoke)

theduty:

fair enough.

upsider:

Third-hand smoke is what one smells when a smoker gets in an elevator after going outside for a cigarette, he said, or in a hotel room where people were smoking. “Your nose isn’t lying,” he said. “The stuff is so toxic that your brain is telling you: ’Get away.’” (via NYTimes)

Star Wars Smoking PSA

bravefacari:

A chicken and an egg are lying in bed. The chicken is leaning against the headboard smoking a cigarette, with a satisfied smile on its face. The egg, looking a bit pissed off, grabs the sheet, rolls over, and says, “Well, I guess we finally answered THAT question.”

OK, who wants to join in on a group contribution tumblr on this topic? I have the domain waterscam.com and will dedicate it for this purpose. If you are interested in contributing, reblog this post.

klksn:

focsa:

A bottle of water has the same impact on the environment as driving a car for a kilometre. Conservation groups and water providers have started a campaign against the £2 billion industry.

I didn’t believe it until I read this headline… the world really is ending.

1. Cigarette butt litter is the world’s greatest environmental litter problem
2. Globally approximately 5.2 trillion cigarettes are manufactured every year. In developed countries (or in markets where indoor smoking bans have been introduced) almost 1 in 3 cigarette butts end up as litter.
3. In most Western countries, cigarette butt litter accounts for around 50% of all litter.
4. Cigarette butt litter dramatically increases where indoor smoking bans are implemented.
5. In Australia, NSW smokers throw away enough butts to fill 7 Olympic swimming pools. Up to 350,000 butts end up in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria and waterways every day.
6. It can take up to 12 years for a cigarette butt to break down.
7. Cigarette butts can leach chemicals such as cadmium, lead and arsenic into our marine environment within an hour of contact with water.
8. Cigarette butts have been found in the stomachs of fish, whales, birds and other marine animals which leads to ingestion of hazardous chemicals and digestive blockages.
9. Smokers in many countries can be fined for flicking a lit cigarette.And the final and most important thing to know about cigarette butt litter is: Only smokers can stop cigarette butt litter. We need to educate them that butts are litter, and provide a positive alternative to littering.

Depictions of smoking in films will now be a factor when a movie’s rating is determined, possibly making a PG-13 movie R-rated, the Motion Picture Association of America said today. Along with violence, depictions of sex, adult language and other content considerations, the ratings organizations will now examine new releases to determine if the