Random Cigarette Facts

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    Clever City Birds
    Clever City Birds
    Some birds in cities have learned to line their nests with cigarette butts in order to ward off parasites, as burnt nicotine works as an insecticide to ward off mites, lice, and fleas.
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    Sequencing DNA from Cigarette Butt in Street and 3D Printing Face from It
    It's possible to sequence DNA on gum and cigarette butts found in the street and 3D print a very accurate face from it.
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    20 minutes after smoking a cigarette, blood pressure drops to normal.
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    Cigarette smoke contains 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which cause cancer.
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    The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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    Every cigarette smoked cuts at least five minutes of life on average, which is roughly the time it takes to smoke one cigarette.
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    Smokers get ten times more wrinkles than non-smokers.
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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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