Nevertheless, he said, "the evidence is really astounding as to how tobacco is extremely dangerous and harming the environment." He said using land to grow tobacco "can lead to severe damage because of the widespread use of agrochemicals." Use of trees Prasad noted that more than 11 million metric tons of wood was required to cure and dry tobacco, "which essentially means deforestation is already happening." The report found that tobacco waste contains over 7,000 toxic chemicals that poison the environment, including human carcinogens, and that tobacco smoke contributes "thousands of tons of human carcinogens, toxicants and greenhouse gases to the environment." Prasad said that cigarettes are bad news for tree lovers because "for every 300 cigarettes, we need to cut a tree
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