Uncategorized01 Nov 2007 10:24 pm
Here’s a worthwhile article by Bryan Farrell in In These Times: Tobacco Stains: The global footprint of a deadly crop.
Excerpt: “Without even factoring in the paper wrapping, packaging and print advertisements—which require as much paper by weight as the tobacco being grown—nearly 600 million trees are felled each year to provide the fuel necessary for drying out the tobacco. That means one in eight trees cut down each year worldwide is being destroyed for tobacco production.”