Do you know that the 6mm tobacco rolled and pursed between your lips is slowly killing the planet? From the deforestation stage to producing third-hand smoke materials pollutants, the life cycle of a cigarette has been a constant contributor to the environmental degradation process at each step from cultivation to consumption.  World No Tobacco Day, 2022, aims to uplift the theme of ‘protecting the environment from tobacco as a threat’, and to question the industry as a whole. According to reports, each day 10 million cigarettes are purchased per minute, and 15 billion are sold per day, worldwide. The numbers and statistics should alarm us with the acknowledgment that we have only one earth. Since 1999, WHO reports have highlighted the escalating numbers in the consum

Author-Ankita Maneck