Effects of cigarette smoking...

Cigarette smoking causes environmental pollution by releasing toxic air pollutants into the atmosphere. The cigarette butts also litter the environment and the toxic chemicals in the remains seep into soils and waterways therefore causing soil and water pollution respectively.

  Animals and plants that come into contact or absorb the toxic substances from the cigarette residues are affected as well.As such, it’s not only the cigarette smoke that causes manifold impacts on people and the environment but also the cigarette butt and other wastes released during the entire production process of cigarettes.

Smoking is one of the leading causes of lung cancer deaths in the world. Smoking is also associated with cancers of the bladder, pancreas, lips, kidney, uterus and cervix. Smoking suppresses the body’s immune system thus increasing vulnerability to infections and diseases.   

Furthermore The industrial processing and smoking of cigarette adds huge volumes of air pollutants into the atmosphere. Second hand smoke pollutes the air directly and the manufacturing process releases air pollutants in many ways.Cigarette butts are increasingly becoming one of the biggest concerns with regards to littering. 

The forests fires started by burning cigarette butts worldwide are countless. About 17,000 people worldwide die each year because of fires started by cigarette lighters or discarded burning cigarettes.Further, such forest fires are damaging to the environment causing biodiversity loss, habitat loss, air pollution, deforestation and the death of humans and wild animals.