4 Reasons Smoking is Not Eco-friendly.
Everyone knows that smoking really is bad for your health. Turns out it’s not so good for the health of the planet either.
Here’s why…
Tobacco growing requires the use of more pesticides per acre than any other crop.
Flue curing, the process of drying out tobacco leaves requires an external heat source and this contributes to deforestation. While the US mostly uses oil, coal, or liquid petroleum gas, developing countries account for 85% of all tobacco grown and use wood-burning fire for flue curing.
Each cigarette emits around 14 milligrams of fine particulate matter which doesn’t seem like much. But if you …read more
