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South Africa, Nigeria Top List Of African Countries Contributing To $26Billion Annual Tobacco-related Plastic Pollution Cost

Nigeria and five other African countries have been listed as major contributors to environmental pollution caused by plastics in cigarette butts and packaging globally. This is contained in a press statement released by the African Tobacco Control Alliance, stating that the economic cost of environmental pollution is estimated at US$26 billion every year or US$186 billion every 10 years. The other African countries are South Africa, Sudan, Mozambique, Kenya and Ethiopia. ....

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Plastic pollution from cigarettes costs $26 bn a year globally: Study

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 . ....

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