The environmental causes of smoking

The Hidden Environmental Cost of Smoking : An Emerging Issue

Death is linked with smoking because it has been put in the dock for killing a few preventable deaths, killing over 7 million people yearly in connection with diseases induced by tobacco smoking. Environmental impacts of smoking have rarely received much concern as they form most environmental pollination, deforestation, and climate change. The article goes down to the level of how production and consumption of tobacco devastate the environment.

Tobacco Cultivation and Deforestation

Deforestation is a predominant culture that emerged from tobacco cultivation culture. Thousands of trees are just turning out to be victims for deforestation simply because tobacco productions every year will require higher quantities of supplies. In addition to the loss in the context of biodiversity, fertility, and greenhouse gas emigration are natural outcomes which soil has to face in respect of deforestation. Much water is used in the production of tobacco and in most instances where water shortages occur, it will happen again and in most cases, it ends up being polluted.

Other chemicals used in the production of tobacco products include pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers used in tobacco farming. These end up depositing residues in…