Cig firms cough up

Tobacco companies may have to pay for discarded fag butts

TOBACCO firms could be forced to pay the cost of cleaning up cigarette butts and empty packets.

Fag ends accounted for twothirds of pieces of litter councils in England spent £663million picking up in 2017-18.

EU member states will force tobacco manufacturers and importers to contribute from July 2021 and it is understood that the UK will adopt a similar policy. The new Environment

Bill includes powers to make firms responsible for the costs of cleaning up their products.

One in five smokers throws butts on the ground because

THIS curious octopus makes a snorkeller feel he’s gone all goggle-eyed.

But Ryan Curmi, 31, still captured the underwater selfie despite having most of his view obscured on the dive in Malta. they think that is “the normal way” to dispose of them, a survey commissioned by tobacco company Philip Morris found. The firm said it is

“investing significantly in awareness and education programmes” to encourage the public to join clean-up efforts.

British American Tobacco said it will run a consumer awareness campaign on litter.