Fact
Tobacco companies' products kill about 40,000 people every month. That's more lives thrown away than there are public garbage cans in NYC.
Source 1:
"The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress. Surgeon General's Report." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. Smoking Attributable Morbidity, Mortality, and Economic Costs, 2014. Report.
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/50-years-of-progress/sgr50-chap-12.pdf
Source 2:
"2011 Annual Report DSNY." City of New York Department of Sanitation. New York, N.Y. 2011. Report.
http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/docs/about_2011_Annual_Report_0915.pdf