Quit Smoking
Unless you’ve been living in an underwater cave for the last 20 years, you already know that smoking is not good for you. But did you know tobacco growth is also bad for the environment?
CIGARETTES AS AIR POLLUTION
This is what you all must have already understood, still to clear things up I want to introduce some statistics in this article. Each cigarette is a blend of over 4,000 chemicals that are inhaled and then exhaled unknowingly into the atmosphere. This means that there is a massive amount of pollution released into the air everyday. Trees - the lungs of the planet - have to work hard to clear all this mess from the environment. We have to be a bit more lenient towards trees because they are the only oxygen generating sources on the planet and everyone needs to breathe to live, but no one needs to smoke to live.
CIGARETTES AS LAND POLLUTION
The harmful effects of cigarettes do not end in the air only millions of butts are discarded on the ground everyday. Every year California has a statewide cleanup and cigarette butts account for almost half of the waste that is collected. These are the ones that are picked up and disposed off properly still there are millions more that remain unattended.
CIGARETTES AS WATER POLLUTION
The butts that remain unattended find their way to water streams, rivers, and lakes where fish and animals eat them by mistake and quite often they die from them. These diseased fish are also consumed by humans hence the disease enters our body. These butts also pollute water, which in turn pollutes the soil and finally damages plants.
Tobacco industries are unwilling to adopt better techniques for the production of cigarettes because they are already profiting in billions of dollars each year with old techniques. The best way to stop this pollution is to stop buying their products. We have to understand that together we all can make a difference.
THE FACTS
A cigarette is a blend of over 4,000 chemicals that are inhaled and then exhaled unknowingly into the atmosphere.
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