6. Pollution
Cigarette butt littering is the number-one trash issue in the United States. One single butt can take up to ten years to degrade. A US publication reported that up to 4.3 trillion butts wind up as litter worldwide in one year.
When it comes to the oceans, cigarette butts amount for thirty percent of all the trash that washes on shores each year.
Air pollution is also an issue to consider with the tobacco industry. Through manufacturing, tobacco companies release ammonia, hydrogen fluoride, sulfuric acid, and ethylene glycol. Not to mention considering the processes for the growth, and transportation of tobacco product, and smoke from these, which release other dangerous chemicals into the air.
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