The tobacco industry has been labelled as"one of the biggest polluters that we know of" by the World Health Organization .
The report looks at the impacts of the whole cycle, from the growth of plants to the manufacturing of tobacco products, focusing on the broader environmental consequences of smoking and production rather than its negative health impacts. — World Health Organization May 31, 2022 The industry emits around 84m tonnes of carbon dioxide and is responsible for the loss of some 600m trees each year while tobacco growing and production uses 200,000 hectares of land and 22bln tonnes of water annually, the report found.
The WHO warned that products like cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and e-cigarettes are also contributing significantly to the global build-up of plastic pollution. The report found that up to a quarter of all tobacco farmers contract so-called"green tobacco sickness", or poisoning from the nicotine they absorb through the skin.
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