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Arsenic, nicotine, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals are released to water from the cigarette. These toxic chemicals propose a threat to marine cultures.
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A shocking fact:
This little narrow cylinder contains more than 7000 chemicals and 250 of them are known to be harmful!!!
Situation now in Spain
Research shows that Spanish people consume 32.8 billion cigarettes a year and an estimation of 15% which is about 5 billion cigarettes end up on beaches. They can contaminate up to 500 million m³ of water! No idea how much is 500 million m³ of water? It is equal to the amount of water used by people from Qatar in a year!!
At the same time, the trend of smoking among the younger generation cannot be overlooked. According to statistics, around 45% of the youngsters have tried smoking. Therefore, the importance of educating them the correct way to dispose cigarette is undoubtedly cannot be omitted.
Urgent need of clean water globally
"In 2022, roughly half the world's population experienced severe water scarcity for at least part of the year. One quarter faced "extremely high" levels of water stress."
The sentence above is copied from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Report about goal 6. Maybe you will be confused, over 70% of our planet is covered by water, but why are there so many people facing water stress? Actually, the 'water stress' mentioned here is not about normal water, it is about clean water. Imagine, there is a huge population dealing with insufficient clean water supply issue, while some smokers in another part of the world are contaminating clear rivers and seas with cigarettes! How ironic is this!
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