Kindly refer to my previous article: Is Smoking So Important? where I wished to highlight how political interests promoted tobacco consumption in India. With the change of government, it is expected that much-desired ban on tobacco should see the light of the day. This can be a major step towards: 'Swachh Bharat' as well as Healthy Indians. Now, the doctors and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) together filed a petition to declare cigarette butts as toxic waste with the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
With over 100 billion cigarette butts being discarded in India every year its a serious problem . They have quoted that a filter of a single cigarette contains over 4,000 harmful chemicals which can cause cancer. Moreover, The burnout butts, cigarette packets forms a considerable bulk of daily municipal waste that too non-biodegradable. Tobacco chewers spit here and there, their…
