Perseverance is key when you want to stop smoking or help others to quit. Aside from human health hazards, smoking also deeply affects the environment. It takes 12 years for one cigarette butt to biodegrade! Many marine and land animals die after mistaking cigarette for food crumbs. A lit cigarette thrown from a car can start forest fires. Tobacco plantations also have negative impacts on the world thanks to their heavy usage of toxic fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides.