To date, there are no studies proving that starting to smoke leads to weight loss. “Smoking definitely does not lead to a healthy weight. Just think about it - many persons who smoke are also inactive and have an unhealthy weight. Source

“An experiment conducted in Nova Scotia, identified cigarette butts and cigarette packaging as accounting for 90% of all the litter found on the streets of that province.” Source

A study that assessed the amount of forest and woodland consumed annually for curing tobacco concluded that nearly 5% of overall deforestation in respective growing countries was due to tobacco cultivation Source

Non-smoking teens whose favorite stars frequently smoke on screen are 16 times more likely to have positive attitudes towards smoking.

Source ; Thorpe, Roy, 2004, « Monkey see, Monkey do », Developments. The tobacco Act : the end of marketing to youth, March 2004, 24, 1 : 4.

51% of Canadian smokers think that buying contraband tobacco products is legal Source