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Cigarette Butts As a Super Challenge in Solid Waste Management: A Review of Current Knowledge Publisher Pubmed



Ghasemi A1 ; Golbini Mofrad MM2 ; Parseh I4 ; Hassani G5 ; Mohammadi H6 ; Hayati R1 ; Alinejad N1
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  1. 1. Department of Public Health, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
  2. 2. Environmental Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial of Non-Communicable Disease Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Behbahan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Behbahan, Iran
  5. 5. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
  6. 6. Torbat Jam Faculty of Medical Sciences, Torbat jam, Iran

Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research Published:2022


Abstract

Filtered cigarette is the most common type of tobacco used and cigarette butt is the most important environmental consequence of smoking. This study aimed to investigate the cigarette butt management and identify future needs to improve the current situation. The results showed that cigarette butts are the most abundant and widespread hazardous waste in the world. The current form of cigarette butt management has inferior performance that faced waste management systems with serious challenges. The results showed that reducing the littering rate and recycling are known as basic strategies in the management of this hazardous waste. Future studies should focus on reducing cigarette butt pollution and the amount of pollutant leakage from them. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.