It isn’t only the council in Benidorm on the Costa Blanca which perceives the cigarette end as the scourge of the beaches there.Virtually any councils in any country where beaches are an important part of the economy,would say the same. Cigarette ends are the No.1 source of beach pollution around the world.
However on the Costa Blanca the beaches become very crowded during the summer months and when people drop their cigarette ends into the sand they become extremely difficult and costly to clean up.This summer in Benidorm they came up with the novel idea of issuing smokers with disposable ashtrays in which to dispose of their cigarette ends.No data has yet been issued about just how successful this strategy turned out to be.
There is always an alternative of course and in this case it is a very” green ” alternative. The electronic cigarette is going to become the biggest change in the habits of all smokers. It is a very “green” alternative because it doesn’t pollute the atmosphere of those around you as the “smoke” you breathe out isn’t smoke at all, it is just water vapour. There is no smell and there is no ash and there is no cigarette end to throw away to litter the beaches. The other “green” thing about them is that the colour at the “burning ” end of the electronic cigarette……it glows green.
These very clever alternatives to smoking cigarettes are not intended to help people to give up smoking. They just enable smokers to smoke in all of the places where they are now banned. The other massive benefits are, that there are no carcinogens ( as there is no tobacco) and you save money too.
Hopefully next summer along the Costa beaches more and more people will be getting their nicotine the “cool” way ,by smoking Inlife electronic cigarettes.
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