Poison for waterbodies: nicotine and pesticides
Our new factsheet shows the impact of tobacco growing, cigarette manufacturing and cigarette butts on water, waterbodies and oceans.
Read moreCigarettes do not only harm the health of people, but also the health of our planet. Only few people know this: the billions of littered cigarette butts have to be considered hazardous and toxic waste. The German ZDF documentary Cigarette butts – poisoning the environment (English version) shows the harms from the butts’ toxicants as well as other environmental damage caused by tobacco. Our Director Sonja von Eichborn has also been intervewed.
planet e. documentary “Cigarette butts – poisoning the environment” (English version)
"Globally, we're talking about 4.5 trillion cigarette butts. If we place the butts end to end they would encircle the earth two times over."