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Inland Cigarette Butt Litter Fouling Our Beaches

"...officials believe the vast majority of the butts come not from beachgoers but from smokers inland who toss their butts on sidewalks and streets. Rains wash them and other debris into storm drains and to the beach." - excerpt from the article, free registration required, at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-butts22oct22.story

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