Tobacco Litter Harms Children

Small children routinely pick up cigarette butts and place them in their mouths.
- Thus putting them at risk for nicotine poisoning.
- Cigarette butts can cause digestive blockages if eaten.

In 2020, the American Association of Poison Control Centers received 9,597 reports of potentially toxic exposures to tobacco products among children.
- Most cases of nicotine poisoning among children result from their ingestion of cigarettes or cigars.