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Serious concerns regarding the release of polluting gases into the atmosphere due to cigarette filters incineration, as well as the leakage of various pollutants such as heavy metals from landfill leachate into the soil and water sources, have caused the use of conventional solid waste disposal methods such as incinerators and landfills for cigarette filters not recommended 14

Indeed, also in Switzerland, trade and business still seem to have more weight than the protection of people and environment

Of the 17 million smokers that try to quit each year, fewer than 1 out of 10 actually succeed long term

[4] When discussing the harmful effects of cigarettes, -radiation is just one of the many detrimental effects that is extremely underestimated, and deserves more policy progression to act on limiting radioactivity in these products