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Illness and death, the human toll |
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About 5 million deaths a year |
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The U.N. estimates that there are 1.1 billion smokers and that about 5 million of which will die each year.1 |
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More deaths expected |
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If present trends are not reversed, yearly tobacco related deaths are expected to be around 10 million by 2020.1 |
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Greater impact on developing countries |
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As consumption declines in developed countries due to awareness and health concerns, tobacco companies target developing countries to replace lost clients, in order to obtain ever increasing profits. |
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The negative environmental impacts of tobacco production are: |
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Habitat conversion |
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• areas that are habitat for species are converted to tobacco farming. |
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Deforestation |
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• occurs when land is cleared for tobacco farming.•and when wood is harvested for burning to dry tobacco. |
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Soil erosion and degradation as a result of deforestation |
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Pollution from use of agrochemical and from waste produced |
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