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Smoking not only kills more than 8 million people a year, it leaves the world with an annual clean-up bill of almost $26 billion, roughly the same as Bosnia and Hercegovina's gross domestic product. "[T]he cost of picking up tobacco product waste is likely to be significantly higher than total waste management costs in high-income countries," Sy found, in part as "cigarette butts are small and widely littered, and so they are harder to collect."

There are several reasons why smoking cigarettes is bad. However, a recent study highlights one alarming reason that often goes overlooked.

A significant study has revealed that plastic pollution from cigarettes costs $26 billion a year and China, where half of the world's cigarettes are smoked contributes around 20 per cent of that global cost.The study by Thailand-based Global ...

China, the world’s largest tobacco producer and consumer, estimated to contribute around 20 per cent of the global cost.

Rest of World News: Plastic pollution from cigarette butts and packaging costs $26 billion annually, with China contributing 20% of the global cost, according to a study.