This overview assembles existing evidence on the ways in which tobacco affects human well-being from an environmental perspective – i.e. the indirect social and economic damage caused by the cultivation, production, distribution, consumption, and waste generated by tobacco products. It uses a life cycle analysis to track tobacco use across the full process of cultivation, production and consumption. In doing so it draws attention to gaps in the scientific evidence – particularly where the only data available are those currently self-reported by the tobacco companies themselves – and indicates where objective research could hold the greatest benefits to improving understanding of the relationship between tobacco and the environment.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/tobacco-and-its-environmental-impact-overview
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/world-health-organization
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tobacco
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-disposal
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/occupational-health
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chemical-fertilisers
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticide-use
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-degradation
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
