Fact or Fiction

Fact or Fiction

Tobacco & the Environment

Tobacco and vape companies contribute to climate change

FACT

The growth, production, marketing, and consumption of tobacco is bad for the environment. Tobacco farming causes deforestation and puts harmful chemicals into the soil. Producing tobacco causes a lot of toxic waste. Finally cigarette and vape product packaging pollute our ecosystems.

American Cancer Society - Tobacco Atlas

Kids in Malawi and in the US are involved in farming tobacco

FACT

Children and youth are exploited by the tobacco industry. The big tobacco farms create a system of debt bondage that largely exploits migrant families. Due to lack of childcare in the US, children often work in the fields with their parents.

Labor RIghts - Malawi Debt Bondage

Tobacco & Physical and Mental health