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Tobacco Reporter
August 28, 2022
EU Registers ‘Smoke-Free’ Citizens’ Initiative
The European Commission has registered a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to “achieve a tobacco-free environment and the first European tobacco-free generation by 2030.”
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Sep 2, 2022
New American research outlines more dangers of smoking indoors
Smoking indoors is bad for your health, even after you put out your cigarette. According to a study, smoke goes deep into fabrics, furniture and other objects in the room. And this so-called thirdhand smoke can be dangerous to your health, even long after you’ve quit.
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May 31, 2022
World No Tobacco Day 2022
The harmful impact of the tobacco industry on the environment is vast and growing adding unnecessary pressure to our planet’s already scarce resources and fragile ecosystems.
Learn moreAllen Carr
Feb 7, 2022
Smoking Facts, Statistics & Side Affects 2022
This page will cover general smoking facts worldwide, UK & US to put it in perspective from the number of deaths it causes compared to other illnesses to how much is spent on tobacco a year to which country has the most smokers. It will also cover the side affects of smoking and the damage to the body.
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May 24, 2022
Tobacco
The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing more than 8 million people a year, including around 1.2 million deaths from exposure to second-hand smoke (1).
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May 2022
Smoking and the Environment – How Smoking Harms the Planet
Smoking’s harms to users are well-known and widely-accepted, but smoking hurts more than just smokers. Through deforestation, cigarette butt litter and air pollution, it harms the entire planet.
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August 20, 2022
Lachine community group hopes pocket ashtrays are a solution to littered cigarette butts
There's one item that Femke Bergsma sees all too often when she leads her cleaning team in Lachine — cigarette butts.
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October 25, 2022
One out of five teenagers vape
Article in French only - Le vapotage a connu une augmentation fulgurante dans les dernières années, si bien qu’au début de la pandémie, environ 18 % des adolescents de 15 à 17 ans vapotaient, révèle une nouvelle enquête de l’Institut national de santé publique du Québec parue lundi.
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August 18, 2022
Cigarette butts: how the no 1 most littered objects are choking our coasts
Some count long stretches of powdery white sand, others are fringed by dramatic cliffs. But no matter the beach or its location, there’s little escape from the blight that plagues many of them: cigarette butts.
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February 26, 2021
Cigarette butts are the most common form of marine litter.
Broken bottles, plastic toys, food wrappers ... during a walk along the coast one finds any of these items, and more. In all that litter, there is one item more common than any other: cigarette butts.
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March 13, 2019
New and Emerging Tobacco Products
The advent of new tobacco products such as electronic cigarettes and the dramatic rise in their use, especially by adolescents and young adults, are significant public health concerns.
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July 30, 2019
Cigarette butts harm plant life
In the first study of its kind, the plastic in cigarette ends are stunting the growth of plants around us.
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July 3, 2019
Photo of seabirds sharing a cigarette butt sparks anger over ocean garbage
Leave A Comment Share This Item On Facebook Share This Item On Twitter Send This Page To Someone Via Email See More Sharing Options DESCREASE ARTICLE FONT SIZE INCREASE ARTICLE FONT SIZE A startling photo of an adult seabird passing a cigarette butt to a chick has sparked renewed conversation about the impact of human pollution on the environment.
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January 25, 2019
Cigarette filters are the No.1 plastic pollutant … and don’t prevent cancer
Plastic straws and bags have received widespread attention as pollutants. But another, even bigger, plastic problem has been slipping under the radar – cigarette filters.
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