Environmental Harms of Tobacco
Most people view cigarettes as a health problem, but they are a huge environmental problem as well. The entire life cycle of a cigarette has an impact on the environment – from growing the tobacco to throwing a...
For an Earth Free of Tobacco Waste
By Yogi Hale Hendlin, PhD, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UCSF
We all know tobacco kills. But few stop to consider how tobacco also kills the planet.
Especially as it serves no socia...
Earth Day 2016
The harmful impacts of smoking go well beyond each individual smoker. Cigarettes have a negative impact on the environment throughout their entire life cycle - from growing the tobacco to disposing of the butts...
