HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL MODELS
One must consider how other post-consumer hazardous waste
is segregated and collected may serve as a model for cigarette
butt waste. Tyres and lead-acid batteries are two examples of
post-consumer waste collection that generally have been accepted
“Cigarette butts make their way into the oceans. They make their way into the earth. This is the water we drink, the food we eat, little people know about the composition of cigarette butts. Many think they are made of cotton and are bio-degradable.
Smoke on the Spine: What Studies Show Cigarettes Do to Your Spinal Health
Cigarettes are to lungs as alcohol is to liver, right? Yes, but there’s more. It’s becoming more apparent that the lungs are not the only body part to suffer from inhaling tobacco smoke .
Smoking reduces the blood supply to the bones & to many other body tissues. The nicotine in cigarettes slows production of bone-producing cells, called osteoblasts. Smoking decreases the body's absorption of calcium, which is necessary for vital cellular functions & bone health
we are on a mission to declare all educational institutions as tobacco free educational institution with proper guidelines issued by union govt i.e TOFEI
To tackle the climate crisis and mitigate the environmental damage imposed by industry, the European Union has proposed a levy on carbon-intensive products (56) based on the amount of carbon emissions resulting from a specific product (57), such as a tobacco product.
HOW to QUIT SMOKING?.....
1.Think of cancer risk .........
2.Self Determination to give up..... 3.Behavioural therapy...
4.Cigarette substitutes to begin with eg.inhalers,nasal spray ,sublingual tablets as nicotine substitutes...........5.Your Family Needs you ! Remember
#NO#tobaccoday today.. Let us pledge to #quitsmoking amidst pandemic. .Tobacco causes Cancer is no secret .Still 28.6 percent population in india use tobacco. 1 in 10 smoke to invite cancers besides heart Lung ailments. Amidst #Covid threat why invite anothe risk to Lungs??