How does smoking harm the environment?

Answer 1

• In a small way one person smoking one cigarette emits a small amount of polluting smoke and gases into the atmosphere. (This does not contribute to global warming, as the carbon dioxide was recently removed from the atmosphere when the tobacco was growing. This is part of the carbon cycle.)
• In a small way one person throwing away one cigarette butt adds a poisonous object to the environment that often gets washed into waterways and rivers, and eventually into the ocean.

A:Actually, in a way they're good for the environment because they kill people so that lowers the population and then less gas is burned. A:Cigarette smoke, whether our own or second-hand, is certainly dangerous to our internal environment, as it is known to be the cause of a number of diseases and conditions that lead to ill health and death. A:As far as the external environment is concerned, apart from making it smell bad the primary danger is probably fire. It is safe to say that cigarette-ignited fires have done extensive and widespread damage to the environment over the years. In addition to immediate damage, fires release greenhouse gases that have been safely stored in trees and other plants, and kill the plants themselves. This means that not only are the carbon dioxide and particulate matter released, but the plants are no longer available to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere.