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| These indicators cover environmental policy, production processes, social behaviour and adherence to externally certified standards. Some examples are outlined below: |
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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. Today (June 2006), it is estimated that 17% of men and 3% of women in China are already smokers.1 |
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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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