As widely known, cigarettes lead to many serious health problems. Their social impacts are so huge that they deteriorate the environment around the world. One of the examples is the cigarette butts can leach toxic chemicals into water given the fact that they are non-biodegradable. This will directly harm aquatic organisms which in turn affect human health when consuming them. Moreover, as the cigarette butts cannot be recycled or safely disposed, incineration might be the only solution. This undoubtedly causes air pollution. In a nutshell, harms from cigarettes extend way beyond human health, but the whole world is acutely affected.

Therefore, cessation of smoking can be considered as the utmost promonient solution to solve these problems.

Smoking is a leading cause of preventable premature morbidity and mortality. The problem of smoking is growing especially in the issue of reducing the age of new smokers. Smoking is harmful to the health of oneself and those closest to. Moreover, smoking causes air pollution and the toxic residue from cigarette butts is waste that takes a very long time to decompose and directly affect the environment. Assumption University has given importance to environmental management, in the occasion of the World No Tobacco Day on May 31st of this year, the Board of Sustainable Environment Management would like to support in the campaign smoking cessation to maintain a sustainable environment.

“Smoking cessation is the best way to reduce harm and prevent health from various diseases and result in our world having a good environment that is sustainable forever”.