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Smoking waste is now a quarter of all U.S. beach trash—cigarette butts, vapes, and nicotine pouches are flooding shores with plastic and toxins. Half a million disposable vapes vanish daily, while nicotine pouch sales have exploded 600% in four years. These items leak dangerous chemicals, harming marine life and costing billions in cleanup and lost tourism revenue. The Surfrider Foundation’s rallying cry? Educate, innovate, legislate—and stop letting our coastlines become trash heaps.

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