There are roughly 1.3 billion smokers in the world today. This number is predicted to increase to 1.6 billion by 2025.
Approximately 10 million cigarettes are purchased every minute worldwide. Fifteen billion are sold each day.
Over 5 trillion cigarettes are produced and used every year. Put together, these filters would weigh about 2 billion pounds.
A typical manufactured cigarette contains approximately eight to nine milligrams of nicotine, while the nicotine content of a cigar is on average 100 to 200 milligrams.
Ambergris (whale vomit) is one of the many possible additives used in manufactured cigarettes.
-compiled by Kerianne Okie
