It is important to comply with all applicable laws when shipping tobacco or tobacco-based products
This voluntary recall impacts the item listed below carried in Brookshire Grocery Company stores: BEST BY DATES: 10/24/22, 10/31/22, 11/7/22, 11/14/22, 11/21/22, 11/28/22 This recall does not apply to any other products carried by Brookshire Grocery Company
Cigarette butts consist of: Cellulose acetate fibers (a type of plastic used in filters) Tobacco remnants (which can contain nicotine and tar) Heavy metals (such as arsenic, cadmium, and chromium) Over 60 carcinogenic chemicals These components make cigarette butts not only an environmental hazard but also a public health risk
Some media headlines are driven by poor science but others originate from reports by credible organisations who focus on the absolute risk of any e-cigarette use without comparing it to smoking (which is uniquely deadly and kills one in two regular users)
As I spell out in an article in the April 25, 2011 issue of Forbes Magazine , investors in these tobacco-settlement securities may now be holding bonds at risk of default
