Editing Cigarette (section)

=== Other health concerns ===
Toxic chemicals are not the only human health concern to take into considerations; the others are cellulose acetate and carbon particles that are breathed in while smoking. These particles are suspected of causing lung damage.<ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Pauly JL, Mepani AB, Lesses JD, Cummings KM, Streck RJ |title=Cigarettes with defective filters marketed for 40 years: what Philip Morris never told smokers |journal=Tob Control |volume=11 |issue= Suppl 1 |date=March 2002 |pmid=11893815 |pmc=1766058 |doi=10.1136/tc.11.suppl_1.i51 |at=pp. I51–I61; [http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/11/suppl_1/i51/T1 Table 1]}}</ref>
The next health concern is that of plants. Under certain growing conditions, plants on average grow taller and have longer roots than those exposed to cigarette filters in the soil. A connection exists between cigarette filters introduced to soil and the depletion of some soil nutrients over time.
Another health concern to the environment is not only the toxic carcinogens that are harmful to the wildlife, but also the filters themselves pose an ingestion risk to wildlife that may presume filter litter as food.<ref>{{Citation |author= Dahlberg ER|title=Cigarette Filters With Vegetation, soil, and Subterranean Environment |publisher=Hamline University |location=Saint Paul, Minnesota|date=April 11, 2006}}</ref>
The last major health concern to make note of for marine life is the toxicity that deep marine topsmelt and fathead minnow pose to their predators. This could lead to toxin build-up ([[bioaccumulation]]) in the food chain and have long reaching negative effects.
Smoldering cigarette filters have also been blamed for triggering fires from residential areas<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.smh.com.au/national/cigarette-butt-causes-1m-house-fire-20080914-4g27.html |title=Cigarette butt 'causes $1m house fire' |publisher=News.smh.com.au |date=September 14, 2008 |access-date=November 13, 2009 |archive-date=February 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214123954/http://news.smh.com.au/national/cigarette-butt-causes-1m-house-fire-20080914-4g27.html |url-status=live }}</ref> to major [[wildfire]]s and [[bushfires]] which has caused major property damage and also death<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cigarettelitter.org/index.asp?PageName=Fires |title=The Facts About Cigarette Butts and Litter - Fire Danger |publisher=CigaretteLitter.Org |access-date=November 13, 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708012205/http://www.cigarettelitter.org/index.asp?PageName=Fires |archive-date=July 8, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Perkin |first=Corrie |url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25027063-1243,00.html |title=Cigarette butt blamed for West Bendigo fire; two dead, 50 homes lost &#124; Victoria |work=News.com.au |date=February 9, 2009 |access-date=November 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225072926/http://www.news.com.au/story/0%2C27574%2C25027063-1243%2C00.html |archive-date=February 25, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nswfb.nsw.gov.au/page.php?id=327 |title=Can cigarette butts start bushfires? - NSW Fire Brigades |publisher=Nswfb.nsw.gov.au |date=June 21, 2007 |access-date=November 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091017070157/http://www.nswfb.nsw.gov.au/page.php?id=327 |archive-date=October 17, 2009 }}</ref> as well as disruption to services by triggering alarms and warning systems.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/15/2466967.htm |title=Discarded cigarette butt causes airport chaos - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=January 15, 2009 |access-date=November 13, 2009 |archive-date=November 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106020331/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/15/2466967.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>