Tobacco control coordinated with environmental protection: Advancing the universal right

By HU Dan

Abstract: The adoption of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) aims to respond to the globalization of the tobacco epidemic and reaffirms the right of all people to the highest standard of health. A historic resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2022 affirmed a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment as a human right - and a right for all. As tobacco is an industry that is not conducive to the environment and health, countries should adopt more effective means to strengthen its control. China has the largest tobacco production and consumption in the world and is also a signatory to the WHO FCTC. With the release of the Outline of the Healthy China 2030 Plan, strengthening tobacco control measures in all areas is an important part of ensuring action goals. Systematic advancement of tobacco control efforts in the field of ecological and environmental protection is also a key point. Combined with specific cases, this article starts from the perspective of resource depletion and environmental pollution of the tobacco industry, pays attention to the environmental damage of tobacco, and puts forward relevant suggestions on promoting the development of coordinating environmental protection with tobacco control through summarizing the impact of the development of the tobacco industry on the ecological environment, in order to improve the public awareness of the impact of tobacco on environment, and promote related efforts of coordinating environmental protection with tobacco control.

Key words: Tobacco, water pollution, coordination, WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

HU Dan. Tobacco control coordinated with environmental protection: Advancing the universal right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. BioGreen - Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development. Vol. 1, April 2023. Total Issues 39. ISSN2749-9065