"Quit Littering" Plea to Smokers Backpack
by lizardmarsh
Birds use the filament in cigarette filters to construct nests. The nicotine poisons the eggs and they usually don't hatch. If they do hatch, the babies die. Poison is a painful way to die. We used to have the Migratory Bird Act of 1918 but as of recently birds are in more serious danger than usual.