Global IssuesAnnouncement of new and updated content on the globalissues.org web site. GlobalIssues.org is a web site attempting to look at various global issues to show they are inter-related.Tobacco companies targeting children and contributing to environmental damage- July 2, 2008 Some tobacco companies have been found to target young children in places like Mauritius, Nigeria, Malawi and India, often despite their own marketing guidelines that ban such practices. In addition to health costs associated with tobacco production, tobacco use has some additional impacts on the environment and society. Examples include large numbers of forest fires caused by smoking, deaths from fires started by smoking, and use of additional resources to produce side-products that smoking...http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Consumption/Tobacco.asp |