Explain how an individual's choice to use tobacco can have negative consequences for society.

Tobacco products negatively impact and damage our environment. Cigarette butts are not just a nuisance, they are toxic waste. They contain chemicals that contaminate our waterways and ground soil and harm our wildlife.1 2 Discarded lit cigarettes can cause fires, which can damage homes and land.3 It is also very costly to clean up cigarette waste – a problem that continues to grow every year.

Cigarette butts are the most littered item found on California highways and beaches.

The state spends more than $9 billion per year on tobacco-related medical costs. Another $8.5 billion per year is lost as a result of reduced work productivity due to increased employee smoking breaks, illness and death.4

Let’s preserve California’s natural beauty and protect the health of its citizens by eliminating the impact of tobacco.

An individuals choice to use tobacco can have negative consequences for society by the more deaths the higher taxes you have to pay for tobacco, pay higher healthcare costs, productivity loss, and human cost due to the loss of a life.

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