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事實真相邪惡謊言危險重重
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事實真相邪惡謊言危險重重
煙草商的煙蒂謊言威脅到我們的健康及地球，因爲其中含有微塑料。[4]

小謊言，大欺騙

煙草商的煙蒂謊言威脅到我們的健康及地球，因爲其中含有微塑料。4

煙草商一直明明知道香煙濾嘴無法讓吸煙變得更安全。12 煙蒂是由微塑料纖維製成，幾乎沒有過濾效果。3 煙草商的濾嘴騙局讓所有人都處於受害風險中，即使我們不吸煙也會同樣受害。來自香煙廢棄物的微塑料正污染世界各地及加州當地的土壤、食物和水。56 根據研究顯示，當微塑料進入我們體內時，會與腸道損傷、不育及DNA突變有所關聯。60561

煙草商正在加劇全球的塑料危機。8 我們應追究並讓他們為自己的謊言負責。

發聲表達意見
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事實真相

煙草商對於濾嘴的謊言可能正是最致命的騙局56

煙草商為追求利潤，從不讓真相成為阻礙，而他們對於香煙濾嘴的謊言，可能是有史以來最令人致命的謊言。19 煙草商甚至投入時間和金錢製造可改變顏色的濾嘴，以欺騙世人相信煙草商可以保護他們的肺部免受有害微粒的侵害。1019 但這完全是一個騙局，因為所謂的濾嘴卻幾乎沒有過濾效果。13

煙草商的蓄意謊言已經讓無數人生病及死亡。1 現在，由於微塑料煙蒂而產生特別危險的煙草污染，讓我們都身處危害風險中。1

微塑料煙蒂讓我們都身處危害風險中

香煙煙蒂是由成千上萬根細小的塑料纖維所製成，這些塑料纖維由於太小而無法被清理，而且它們可能無處不在。4 其實這並不足為奇，因為每年煙草商都會生產6萬億支附有所謂「濾嘴」的香煙。12 香煙煙蒂中的塑料如何生物降解？這就是問題所在：塑料並未被生物降解。13 這也是煙草商如何成為全球塑料危機的主要罪魁禍首。8

塑料濾嘴
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每個濾嘴都無法生物降解，因為濾嘴是由超過15,000根微塑料醋酸纖維素所製成。413
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捲煙紙經過檸檬酸鉀等有害化學物質處理(以加快燃燒速度)，並且可能內含有毒金屬鉛、鎘和砷。1415
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煙草商在每支香煙中加入超過100種添加劑，使香煙更具成癮性，也更具危險性。1617
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在加州海灘及水道排名第一被丟棄最多的物品24

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煙草商每年生產大約6萬億支附有濾嘴的香煙1221

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香煙濾嘴及電子煙都是有毒廢棄物，幾乎不可能安全處理。2223

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在美國排名第一被亂扔最多的垃圾24

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煙草商的產品及廢棄物，對於低收入社區和有色人種社區造成極為嚴重的傷害，這些社區正是煙草商幾十年來一直瞄準的目標2526

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在加州海灘上，煙蒂的數量是塑料吸管的9倍24

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在加州海灘及水道排名第一被丟棄最多的物品24

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煙草商每年生產大約6萬億支附有濾嘴的香煙1221

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香煙濾嘴及電子煙都是有毒廢棄物，幾乎不可能安全處理。2223

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在美國排名第一被亂扔最多的垃圾24

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煙草商的產品及廢棄物，對於低收入社區和有色人種社區造成極為嚴重的傷害，這些社區正是煙草商幾十年來一直瞄準的目標2526

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在加州海灘上，煙蒂的數量是塑料吸管的9倍24

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[香煙]濾嘴是人類文明史上最致命的騙局。香煙上附有濾嘴是為了節省煙草成本，並可愚弄大眾23。在美國，每年有40萬人因香煙而喪命，這些香煙幾乎都有「濾嘴」。

羅伯特·普羅克特 (Robert Proctor)
斯坦福大學科學史教授
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煙草廢棄物與我們社區中的許多問題並未有什麼不同，在低收入社區、黑人及棕色人種社區中的負擔更重，這些社區歷來總是首當其衝地接觸有毒物質。

塔拉·倫納德 (Tara Leonard)
煙草教育者，聖塔克魯茲郡 (Santa Cruz County)

邪惡謊言

煙草商製造出濾嘴以誘騙大眾購買「更安全的香煙」，這種詐欺行為是為了保護自己的利潤，而非為了保護大眾。1019

如果這還不夠糟糕，煙草商還用會污染我們環境的微塑料製造出濾嘴，即使他們曾斷然否認這一事實。6763 以下是有關煙草商騙局的真相，這些騙局已將我們所有人置於危險之中。

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騙局一：煙草商以無用的濾嘴來欺騙顧客。1019
在1940和1950年代，隨著香煙對於健康的危害越來越明顯，煙草商因此製造出濾嘴，讓顧客認為他們在抽的是「更安全的香煙」。12 但這完全是一場騙局！因為濾嘴幾乎沒有任何過濾效果。3 但是煙草商的欺騙卻成功奏效：在1951年，市場上只有1%的香煙附有濾嘴；但到了1958年，幾乎半數的香煙都有濾嘴；到了1993年，幾乎所有的香煙都有濾嘴來過濾。32
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騙局二：煙草商使用變色濾嘴誤導顧客。68

煙草商一直知道他們的濾嘴無法使香煙更加安全。12 然後，他們發現濾嘴實際上可讓香煙的味道更溫和，使大眾以為香煙更「健康」，因而吸入更深。13 煙草商緊抓住這個吸引新客戶的良機，投入更多時間、金錢及資源，加倍努力繼續他們原已相當危險的「更安全香煙」騙局。3334

在1950年代，一位在雷諾煙草公司工作、名為克勞德·提格(Claude Teague)的化學家研發出「提格濾嘴」，可將濾嘴從白色轉變為棕色。29 顏色的變化使大眾誤認濾嘴可以保護其肺部免受香煙中有毒化學物質的危害。2

事實上，無論濾嘴變成什麼顏色，這些「濾嘴」實際上什麼都無法過濾，甚至與特定類型的肺癌有關。33536

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騙局三：「漂綠」手法：煙草商否認他們的煙草污染會危害環境。13
人類並非是煙草商各種謊言的唯一受害者，從野生動物到我們的海洋以至我們整個地球，都處於危害風險之中。13 以下就是原因。煙草商通過使用微塑料纖維製造香煙濾嘴以降低製造成本，3 但合成材料無法生物降解，這使得煙蒂在各方面都相當危險。13 煙蒂更內含有毒化學物質，單只一個煙蒂就可以殺死一隻小動物。156970 若將一個煙蒂浸泡在一升水中時，可以釋放出足以殺死魚類並威脅水生態系統的有毒化學物質。70 隨著煙蒂的堆積，微塑料及有毒化學物質會滲入我們的海洋、河流、湖泊和土壤中。711959 煙草商非常清楚他們的塑料產品正在破壞環境，但他們無論如何都仍要撒謊。37
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騙局四：煙草商對於有毒香煙廢棄物推卸責任
煙草商希望我們相信，隨地可見的煙蒂及電子煙只不過是垃圾問題。3940 他們希望我們浪費時間在城市內安裝垃圾箱及清理海灘上。41424344454647 無情的煙草商更利用巧妙的公關活動，將煙草污染推卸給吸煙者並加以指責，同時還逃避責任、規避法規，並散佈徹頭徹尾的謊言。3948
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煙草商假意對於保護人類及地球表示關心，但他們真正關心的卻只有利潤。49 請發聲表達你的意見以改變現狀。

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危險重重

只要想到煙蒂中的微塑料可能會讓你或你的至親至愛生病，就會令人恐懼。以下是由於煙草商扭曲事實而說的危險謊言，讓我們都要面臨的其中一些風險。

DNA突變60
微塑料中常見的化合物可能會損害人類的DNA，並使人們更容易患上某些類型的癌症。64
不孕不育60
研究顯示，接觸微塑料會導致低精子數量及流產等問題，因而影響生育能力。6560
腸道損傷561
攝入微塑料可能導致腸道內毒素堆積，使我們容易罹患腸道炎症和其他疾病。
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微塑料正在污染我們的食物和水

微塑料細微到足以進入我們的食物鏈。5 無論在飲水、蘋果、西蘭花、生菜、海鮮及更多食物中都已發現微塑料。62050

微塑料可能存在你我所有人的體內

根據研究顯示，不論在人體肺部、血液及糞便都已發現微塑料，這代表我們正在攝取及吸入這些危險的化學物質。515253

煙草污染是種族不平等的一種形式

香煙污染是有毒的，而低收入社區及有色人種社區尤其面臨與煙草廢棄物相關的健康問題風險。12572 這是因為隨著煙草商無情地瞄準這些社區，使尼古丁、苯及重金屬含量在環境中累積到令人無法接受地過高，讓人人都身處危害風險之中。5455565725

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快問快答

煙草商的謊言危害地球

煙草商的致命產品會危害環境，進而可能影響你的健康。457106073 你對於煙草污染了解多少？

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令人可能驚訝的是，美國人每年估計攝入數十萬個微塑料顆粒。根據最近的研究顯示，微塑料已經在人體的肺部、胎盤和血液中發現，並與生育問題、腸道損傷甚至DNA突變有關。

斯科特·科芬(Scott Coffin)博士
加州水資源控制委員會研究科學家
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請表達你對於煙草商欺騙大眾所造成危害的憤怒。你可以藉由高聲疾呼以改變現狀。

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