HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Passive Smoking, Tobacco Advertising, Propylene Glycol
13 Apr 2016
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People always over estimate the number of people who smoke/drink. Top 8 reasons to be concerned about tobacco use: globally it kills 6 million people per year. About 1/6 of canada"s entire population (35. 7 million) There are 1 billion smokers worldwide; nearly 80% of whom live in low-and middle- income countries where burden tobacco-related illness and death is heaviest- depriving families of income, raising the cost of health care, and hindering economic development. Until 1980s, u. s supplied tobacco; now, 85% comes from the global south where tobacco child labor and green tobacco sickness are major problems. The global share of agricultural land devoted to tobacco is <1% but tobacco agriculture accounts for 2-4% of global deforestation. About 3kg of wood to flue cute 1kg of tobacco. Tobacco growing accounted for 26% of all deforestation in malawi, Imidacloprid: blocks the central nervous system of insects highly toxic birds, fish, bees.
