Judkins continues Just one year ago, I was not aware that cigarette filters were made from plastic
Fewer people smoke in the West (about 16%), and more people smoke in the Southeast (about 22%) and Midwest (about 23%)
This cycle of using tobacco to manage stress quickly leads to addiction, as the body begins to crave nicotine to maintain these pleasurable sensations
People have been smoking for millennia, thats not going to change. Novotny, who is also the founder of the Cigarette Butt Pollution Project, labels biodegradable filters as a distraction from the wider issue: [T]hese butts are still contaminating the environment with the chemicals that exude from them, he said
Its an art experience, but its also an art object in and of itself, Samantha Timm, the curator at Saint Kate The Arts Hotel said