(Deutsch) Auch die „Lunge der Erde“ erkrankt durch Tabak: Jährlich werden 200.000 Hektar Tropenwald für die Zigarettenproduktion abgeholzt. Die Folgen sind die Verarmung der Böden sowie der Verlust von Lebensraum und Biodiversität.
South Eastern University College Leads in Rural Poverty Alleviation through Action Research.
The tobacco industry´s products primarily seek to appeal to young consumers. You could show that the exploitation of people and the destruction of natural resources does not leave you indifferent, no matter where this is taking place in the world.
Tobacco farming and the production of tobacco-based products are linked to indebtedness, child labour, environmental destruction and health risks. In the long term, there is only one way out of the cycle of poverty: completely phasing out the production of tobacco.
Tobacco requires five times more fertiliser and pesticides than food plants. The chemicals used strain groundwater resources and are harmful to health. Those who suffer the consequences are not just the tobacco growers but all those who live in the cultivated area.
The use of child labour in the cultivation of tobacco is very dangerous and is prohibited worldwide. Despite this, there are children working on plantations in all the major tobacco-producing countries. Many contract the green tobacco sickness as a result of their work on the fields.