The primary reason for this difference was that the sites were substantially cleaner in 2014 (with a total of 3,881 individual pieces of litter) than they were in 2009 (with 12,123 individual pieces of litter). The site with the most litter found was 20th Street and Folsom Street, in the Mission, at 285 pieces of litter, of which 172 were tobacco-related products, such as cigarette butts, cigar butts, cigarette packs, cellophane from cigarette packs, wrappers, tobacco foil products, lighters, matchboxes and matches
This same principle of tackling odors without harsh chemicals applies to other furniture, too
Contrast this with the battle to ban menthol cigarettes for over a decade by numerous advocacy groups and organizations, including the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council and the National African American Tobacco Prevention Network, to protect their communities, but had no meaningful action taken
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