Globally, there are 1.25 billion adult tobacco users, according to the latest estimates in the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) tobacco trends report out today.
The analysis found that African countries with the highest smoking rate contribute the most to the cigarette filter pollution costs, estimated at $26bn or $186bn every 10 years.
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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.
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 .