Plastic pollution from cigarettes likely costs $26 bn per year: Study

Source: https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/plastic-pollution-from-cigarettes-likely-costs-26-bn-per-year-study-123120400792_1.html

Author: Press Trust of India

The costs of environmental pollution caused by plastics in cigarette butts and packaging amount to an estimated USD 26 billion every year, according to a study. The analysis, published in the journal Tobacco Control, found the costs to be USD 186 billion every 10 years adjusted for inflation in waste management and marine ecosystem damage worldwide.