Smoking harms both us and Mother Earth


Around 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are not disposed of properly worldwide every year, allowing their toxic waste and chemicals to be released into the air, water and soil. — AFP

The global deaths from tobacco exceed eight million annually.

There are an estimated 2.1 million new lung cancer cases annually, with an estimated 1.8 million deaths from lung cancer globally.

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