Cigarette Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Degradation === Once in the environment, cellulose acetate can go through [[biodegradation]] and [[photodegradation]].<ref name=bat>{{cite web|url=http://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__3MNFEN.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/4572237B0C2D456CC1257314004EF667 |title=British American Tobacco - Cigarettes |publisher=Bat.com |access-date=March 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303205818/http://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__3MNFEN.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/4572237B0C2D456CC1257314004EF667 |archive-date=March 3, 2012 }}</ref><ref name=chicagotribune>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-06-18/features/0806170174_1_cigarette-butts-secondhand-beach-house|title=Kicking butts|date=June 18, 2008 |access-date=September 16, 2014|archive-date=August 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813050558/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-06-18/features/0806170174_1_cigarette-butts-secondhand-beach-house|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Puls J, Wilson SA, Holter D |title=Degradation of Cellulose Acetate-Based Materials: A Review |journal=Journal of Polymers and the Environment |volume=19 |pages=152β165 |date=2011 |doi=10.1007/s10924-010-0258-0|doi-access=free }}</ref> Several factors go into determining the rate of each degradation process. This variance in rate and resistance to biodegradation in many conditions is a factor in littering<ref>[http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=5364 Ceredigion County Council] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108193818/http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=5364 |date=January 8, 2009 }}</ref> and environmental damage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.longwood.edu/cleanva/ciglitterarticle.htm |title=Bulletin of the American Littoral Society, Volume 26, Number 2, August 2000 |publisher=Longwood.edu |access-date=November 13, 2009 |archive-date=December 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212143743/http://www.longwood.edu/cleanva/ciglitterarticle.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:Scan of Newport cigarettes found in Olneyville, Rhode Island - 2008.jpg|thumb|Discarded Newport cigarettes packs found in Olneyville, Rhode Island - 2008]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page