All Background Articles

6. June 2025

Child Labour in Tobacco Growing

Child labour in tobacco growing is one of the worst forms of child labour. Read more about where children are working in tobacco fields and its consequences.
5. June 2022

Tobacco harms the environment and the climate

Read here how tobacco harms the environment and the climate. That's what's in a cigarette: chemicals, deforestation, water depletion and toxic waste.
19. November 2019

Enforcing children’s rights against tobacco

Children's rights are violated in tobacco growing as well as by smoking. Read here about thew rights children have and how to create a tobacco-free world.
27. May 2017

Sustainable Development or Tobacco

Tobacco is an obstacle to sustainable development. Read here about how tobacco harms people and the environment and its impact on sustainability.
18. May 2017

Health harms

Smoking causes lung cancer and cadriovascular diseases. Tobacco farming causes nicotine poisoning. Read how tobacco harms the health.