Smoking damages the environment!
Tobacco tends to be grown in poorer countries. Environmental damage is caused when trees are cut down and burned to dry tobacco leaves and to make the paper which is used to wrap, package and advertise cigarettes.
It is estimated that 4.5 million cigarette ends pollute the environment worldwide every year.
It can take months, even years, for cigarette ends to degrade.
In the UK, cigarette litter costs millions of pounds to clear up. Cigarette litter is harmful to animals and can affect water quality, drainage and flooding systems.
Farmers in countries such as Brazil and India are often paid more money to grow tobacco than they are to grow food crops.
Children as young as 5 pick tobacco leaves for up to 12 hours a day. They can become very ill with Green Tobacco Sickness from the nicotine in the leaves. Working picking tobacco leaves can expose a child to the same amount of nicotine as smoking 50 cigarettes a day.
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Smoking damages the environment!
Tobacco tends to be grown in poorer countries. Environmental damage is caused when trees are cut down and burned to dry tobacco leaves and to make the paper which is used to wrap, package and advertise cigarettes.
It is estimated that 4.5 million cigarette ends pollute the environment worldwide every year.
It can take months, even years, for cigarette ends to degrade.
In the UK, cigarette litter costs millions of pounds to clear up. Cigarette litter is harmful to animals and can affect water quality, drainage and flooding systems.
Farmers in countries such as Brazil and India are often paid more money to grow tobacco than they are to grow food crops.
Children as young as 5 pick tobacco leaves for up to 12 hours a day. They can become very ill with Green Tobacco Sickness from the nicotine in the leaves. Working picking tobacco leaves can expose a child to the same amount of nicotine as smoking 50 cigarettes a day.
Visit our online store to order our resources about smoking.