Cigarette Ash Bins

Is it OK to put organic cigarette buts & ashes in to a compost tumbler?
The ashes would probably be a good addition to the compost pile, but the cigarette butts have cotton, which would take a long time to break down. (probably much longer than any other article in the normal compost bin). Don't know about the nicotine, but the amount would probably be so miniscule that it wouldn't affect anything.



Today, My friends, Chris, Tony and I went to Edinburgh for the day. We spotted one of those public cigarette bins. It was smoking heavily and ...