Sustainable development means sustainable consumption and production

Sustainable development means sustainable consumption and production.

Tobacco endangers sustainable development.

The tobacco industry uses wood for drying and producing packaging materials.
– the drying of tobacco destroys forests in developing countries
– erosion, shortage of water and firewood
– more and more time is spent on finding firewood
– firewood becomes an expensive commodity – increasing poverty

Sources: Tobaksfakta 2018, www.suomenash.fi, The 2030 Agenda – Sustainable Development Goals