Nat/act/nzf 2023

[Valuegrowth]

I found very interesting article on Tobacco and the Environment.

https://ash.org.uk/resources/view/to...o%20production.

"Currently, 5.3 million hectares of fertile land is used to grow tobacco.⁴⁵ There is evidence of substantial, and largely irreversible losses of trees.²³⁵ An estimated 1.5 billion hectares of forests have been lost worldwide since the 1970s, contributing to up to 20% of annual greenhouse gas increases.³²² Due to the volatility of tobacco crop this land has a limited lifespan for tobacco production"

Conclusion:

Irrespective of the issues with data disclosure from the tobacco industry, existing research demonstrates that the impacts of tobacco exist on a global scale.^{3 45} Zafeiridou, Hopkinson & Voulvoulis, (2018) have provided strong evidence of the negative environmental impact which tobacco cause.⁴⁵ Collectively when combining the environmental cost with its proven detrimental health, social and economic impacts, this makes it incompatible with the global development agenda.⁴⁵³¹ Regardless of how efficient and regulated the tobacco industry becomes, just as there is no such thing as a risk free cigarette the tobacco industry will always pose environmental risks.³⁴⁵ Tobacco products aren’t just a threat to your health, they are deeply unethical products that threaten the environment and trap those most in need in cycles of inequality.³³¹ As we face ever more critical decisions about how to preserve our planet and sustain our future, this hugely damaging industry needs to face up to its inconvenient truths.

[blackcap]

I found very interesting article on Tobacco and the Environment.

https://ash.org.uk/resources/view/to...o%20production.

"Currently, 5.3 million hectares of fertile land is used to grow tobacco.⁴⁵ There is evidence of substantial, and largely irreversible losses of trees.²³⁵ An estimated 1.5 billion hectares of forests have been lost worldwide since the 1970s, contributing to up to 20% of annual greenhouse gas increases.³²² Due to the volatility of tobacco crop this land has a limited lifespan for tobacco production"

Conclusion:

Irrespective of the issues with data disclosure from the tobacco industry, existing research demonstrates that the impacts of tobacco exist on a global scale.^{3 45} Zafeiridou, Hopkinson & Voulvoulis, (2018) have provided strong evidence of the negative environmental impact which tobacco cause.⁴⁵ Collectively when combining the environmental cost with its proven detrimental health, social and economic impacts, this makes it incompatible with the global development agenda.⁴⁵³¹ Regardless of how efficient and regulated the tobacco industry becomes, just as there is no such thing as a risk free cigarette the tobacco industry will always pose environmental risks.³⁴⁵ Tobacco products aren’t just a threat to your health, they are deeply unethical products that threaten the environment and trap those most in need in cycles of inequality.³³¹ As we face ever more critical decisions about how to preserve our planet and sustain our future, this hugely damaging industry needs to face up to its inconvenient truths.

There are huge holes in the bit in green. They are trying to conflate tobacco growth with a 20% increase in greenhouse gas. That's just wrong. It is clever wording from ASH.