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Tobacco conference to weigh up stubbing out cigarette butts
The conference will discuss banning plastic cigarette filters, which cause toxic pollution and account for 4.5 trillion littered butts annually, WHO officials said.
- On November 17, the WHO-led COP11 opens in Geneva to consider measures targeting cigarette butts and plastic cigarette filters, including proposals to ban them.
- An estimated 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are littered each year, with plastic cigarette filters leaching toxic chemicals and breaking into microplastics, WHO official Black said.
- WHO officials flagged rising e-cigarette use among young people, noting more than 100 million vape, including at least 15 million teens aged 13 to 15.
- With around 180 states party to the treaty, COP11's choices could shape global policy, as any measures will be for countries to choose and tobacco causes more than seven million deaths a year.
- WHO officials warned of industry pressure ahead of the talks, saying the tobacco industry is lobbying intensively and attempting to infiltrate, while the secretariat urged removing filters for environmental reasons.
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A major international conference on tobacco control will be taking place next week in Geneva on the issue of cigarette butts that pollute the planet, some even advocating their total ban.
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