Online Simulation Model to Estimate the Total Costs of Tobacco Product Waste in Large U.S. Cities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15499229 |
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| Authors | John E Schneider (0000-0003-1878-8118, Avalon Pharma (United States)), Cara M Scheibling (Avalon Pharma (United States)), N Andrew Peterson (0000-0002-2759-000X, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), Paula Stigler Granados (0000-0002-8993-9879, Texas State University, corresponding author), Lawrence Fulton (0000-0001-8603-1913, Texas State University), Thomas E Novotny (0000-0001-9235-0582, San Diego State University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 13 |
| Pages | 4705-4705 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph17134705 |
| PMID | 32629929 |
| OpenAlex | W3038247846 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 40 |
Tobacco product waste (TPW) is one of the most ubiquitous forms of litter, accumulating in large amounts on streets, highways, sidewalks, beaches, parks, and other public places, and flowing into storm water drains, waste treatment plants, and solid waste collection facilities. In this paper, we evaluate the direct and indirect costs associated with TPW in the 30 largest U.S. cities. We first developed a conceptual framework for the analysis of direct and indirect costs of TPW abatement. Next, we applied a simulation model to estimate the total costs of TPW in major U.S. cities. This model includes data on city population, smoking prevalence rates, and per capita litter mitigation costs. Total annual TPW-attributable mean costs for large US cities range from US$4.7 million to US$90 million per year. Costs are generally proportional to population size, but there are exceptions in cities that have lower smoking prevalence rates. The annual mean per capita TPW cost for the 30 cities was US$6.46, and the total TPW cost for all 30 cities combined was US$264.5 million per year. These estimates for the TPW-attributable cost are an important data point in understanding the negative economic externalities created by cigarette smoking and resultant TPW cleanup costs. This model provides a useful tool for states, cities, and other jurisdictions with which to evaluate a new economic cost outcome of smoking and to develop new laws and regulations to reduce this burden
Agricultural economics · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Externality · Geography · Gross domestic product · Natural resource economics · Per capita · Population · Public health · Tobacco control · Total cost · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Environmental Science · Medicine · Urban Transport and Accessibility
Global Health Perspectives on Cigarette Butts and the Environment
Perspectives on Tobacco Product Waste
Cigarette Litter
Cigarettes Butts and the Case for an Environmental Policy on Hazardous Cigarette Waste
Tobacco litter costs and public policy
Tobacco industry responsibility for butts
Covering their butts
Analysis of metals leached from smoked cigarette litter
Toxicity of cigarette butts, and their chemical components, to marine and freshwater fish
Whose butt is it? tobacco industry research about smokers and cigarette butt waste
Retired snowbirds
Environmental impacts of tobacco product waste
Neighborhood disorder and smoking
Perceived neighborhood quality, sleep quality, and health status
Taxing Consumption and Other Sins
Stressful Neighborhoods and Depression
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