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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 27 International |
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| | International: Africa |
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| | The environmental damage is considerable in developing countries from the |
| | cultivation of tobacco, where it is flue cured by wood. In Tanzania, 12% of all trees |
| | felled annually are used for tobacco curing, and neighboring Malawi has already cut |
| | down one third of its forested land for this purpose. |
| | NEJM, March 28, 1991, p. 918 |
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| | About half the tobacco grown in the world is flue cured over wood fires, significantly |
| | contributing to deforestation. |
| | The Real Cost, Richard North, p. 99 |
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| | Since 5 to 7 acres of forest are needed to flue cure one ton of tobacco, tobacco |
| | cultivation has substantially contributed to deforestation in many Third World countries. |
| | Other estimates are one to two acres of forest to cure one ton of tobacco. |
| | International Journal of Health Sciences 16:288, 1986 and NEJM, March 28, 1991, |
| | p. 918 |
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| | Zimbabwe, Africa has 100,000 people employed in the tobacco industry and is the |
| | major tobacco distributor in Africa. Tobacco comprises more than 50% of total |
| | agricultural exports, and earns 25% of the country's foreign exchange. The export |
| | income is a total of $400 million from 200,000 tons of tobacco. |
| | International Journal of Health Sciences 16:281, 1986 |
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| | In Zimbabwe, tobacco provides 30% of all export revenue ($580 million in 1992), and |
| | finances a considerable portion of the government's budget. |
| | San Francisco Examiner, August 28, 1994, p. C16 |
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