World No Tobacco Day

Tobacco : Threat to our environment

Tobacco industry causes destruction to the environment with its pollution and damage, thereby further harming human health.

Its processes, which include cultivation, production, consumption, and wastes have added additional pressure on our planet’s limited resources and fragile ecosystems.

Commit to quit

The global deaths from tobacco exceeds eight million annually. There are an estimated 2.1 million new lung cancer cases annually with an estimated 1.8 million lung cancer deaths globally.

Tobacco smoke accounts for more than 85 per cent of lung cancer deaths. Furthermore, air pollution is reported to cause 252,000 lung cancer cases and 304,000 lung cancer deaths annually.

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Tobacco and lung health

Lung diseases caused by smoking include COPD, which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Cigarette smoking causes most cases of lung cancer. If you have asthma, tobacco smoke can trigger an attack or make an attack worse.

Tobacco and heart disease

Smokeless tobacco is responsible for around 200 000 deaths from coronary heart disease per year. E-cigarettes also raise blood pressure increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease.