Sarah Monroe wrote:

> "Scott en Aztlán" wrote:
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>>On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:33:32 -0700, ©hri§tÇræm® <> wrote:
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>>>I smoke. I smoke in my car. All you control freaks can go **** yourselves.
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>>You throw your butts onto the ground, don't you? This is precisely the
>>sort of attitude one might expect from a litterbug...
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> Cigarettes are biodegradable so what's the big deal about throwing them out of a
> car or throwing them on the ground? Much better than those non-biodegradable
> plastic forks,spoons, cups etc that people throw out of their car anyplace and
> anytime they feel like it.
>
> BTW, no, I don't smoke. Used to, but quit several years ago.
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> Sarah
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Cigarette filters take about 10-20,000 years to degrade, so
that is stretching the definition of 'biodegradable' a bit.