Tobacco is poisoning our planet

Overview

Presentation delivered by WHO during the special hybrid side event Tobacco product waste: a threat to the environment on 10 June 2022 at the meetings of the COP to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (bc cop-15, rc cop-10, sc cop-10).

Tobacco is not just poisoning people; it is poisoning our planet.

The tobacco industry damages the environment in ways that go far beyond the effects of the smoke that cigarettes put into the air. Tobacco can no longer be categorized simply as a health threat – it is a threat to human development as a whole.