Editing Cigarette (section)

=== Degradation ===
Once in the environment, cellulose acetate can go through [[biodegradation]] and [[photodegradation]].<ref name=bat>{{cite web|url=http://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__3MNFEN.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/4572237B0C2D456CC1257314004EF667 |title=British American Tobacco - Cigarettes |publisher=Bat.com |access-date=March 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303205818/http://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__3MNFEN.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/4572237B0C2D456CC1257314004EF667 |archive-date=March 3, 2012 }}</ref><ref name=chicagotribune>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2008/06/18/kicking-butts-2/|title=Kicking butts|website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=June 18, 2008 |access-date=September 16, 2014|archive-date=August 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813050558/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-06-18/features/0806170174_1_cigarette-butts-secondhand-beach-house|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Puls J, Wilson SA, Holter D |title=Degradation of Cellulose Acetate-Based Materials: A Review |journal=Journal of Polymers and the Environment |volume=19 |pages=152–165 |date=2011 |issue=1 |doi=10.1007/s10924-010-0258-0|doi-access=free |bibcode=2011JPEnv..19..152P }}</ref> Several factors go into determining the rate of each degradation process. This variance in rate and resistance to biodegradation in many conditions is a factor in littering<ref>[http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=5364 Ceredigion County Council] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108193818/http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=5364 |date=January 8, 2009 }}</ref> and environmental damage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.longwood.edu/cleanva/ciglitterarticle.htm |title=Bulletin of the American Littoral Society, Volume 26, Number 2, August 2000 |publisher=Longwood.edu |access-date=November 13, 2009 |archive-date=December 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212143743/http://www.longwood.edu/cleanva/ciglitterarticle.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Scan of Newport cigarettes found in Olneyville, Rhode Island - 2008.jpg|thumb|Discarded Newport cigarettes packs found in Olneyville, Rhode Island - 2008]]