Alert: Public Health Implications of Electronic Cigarette Waste

Hendlin, Yogi Hale

doi:10.2105/ajph.2018.304699

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“…The rise of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in industrialized countries is changing the composition of the environmental harms of tobacco (Ligaya 2013; Chang 2014; World Health Organization 2017a; Hendlin 2018; PMI 2018). Because these products are composed of low-value but sophisticated electronics, the environmental costs from manufacturing e-cigarettes may be much more severe than cigarettes per unit (Hendlin 2018).…”

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The environmental externalities of tobacco manufacturing: A review of tobacco industry reporting

Hendlin

Bialous

2019

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Growing research and public awareness of the environmental impacts of tobacco present an opportunity for environmental science and public health to work together. Various United Nations agencies share interests in mitigating the environmental costs of tobacco. Since 2000, transnational tobacco industry consolidation has accelerated, spotlighting the specific companies responsible for the environmental and human harms along the tobacco production chain. Simultaneously, corporate social responsibility norms have led the industry to disclose statistics on the environmental harms their business causes. Yet, independent and consistent reporting remain hurdles to accurately assessing tobacco’s environmental impact. This article is the first to analyze publicly available industry data on tobacco manufacturing pollution. Tobacco’s significant environmental impact suggests this industry should be included in environmental analyses as a driver of environmental degradation influencing climate change. Countries aiming to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals must act to reduce environmental harms caused by the tobacco industry.

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The environmental externalities of tobacco manufacturing: A review of tobacco industry reporting

Hendlin

Bialous

2019

Ambio

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“…Next to traditional cigarettes, e-cigarettes cause environmental damage. From mining to manufacturing, using, and disposing, each stage of the e-cigarette product lifecycle presents novel environmental harms comparable to traditional cigarettes 8 . Tobacco companies already recognize that e-cigarettes pose new environmental burdens, necessitating them to ‘manage new areas of impact due to the increasing use of electronics and batteries in [their] products’ 8 .…”

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Mandatory environmental and human rights due diligence

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Huber³

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Tob. Induc. Dis.

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“…Many youths also use cigars to make marijuana blunts (i.e., cigarillos with the tobacco removed and replaced with marijuana) ( 4 ), and some use manufactured disposable cannabis products (e.g., vape pens, vaporizer cartridges, oils, and concentrates) ( 5 ). Waste from e-cigarette products can contain plastics, nicotine, heavy metals, other chemical toxins, and hazardous lithium-ion batteries ( 6 , 7 ). The toxicity of combustible tobacco product waste from cigarettes (e.g., plastic cellulose acetate, nicotine, formaldehyde, lead, and cadmium) is well established ( 8 ).…”

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