WHO says "Big Tobacco Is 'Poisoning Our Planet"

[newbroom]

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"The environmental consequences of tobacco use move it from being a human problem to a planetary problem," states the WHO.

"Tobacco can no longer be categorized simply as a health threat," the agency adds. "It is a threat to human development as a whole."


um...discuss?

 

[fireground_piper]

Humans are also a planetary problem ?‍

 

[jpmcwjr]

"7,000 toxic chemicals"??

It's the filters that's the problem. Gross and most likely toxic, at least aesthetically.

 

[Peter Turbo]

Agriculture on the scale human beings do it is terrible for the Earth as a whole, entire forests being removed not just for tobacco plants but for every other plant we have to grow to sustain ourselves. I can see why they target tobacco as we're "taking up this land to grow a harmful plant" instead of food production but how do you shut down an entire industry and take care of the people who were making an honest, legal, hardworking living from it?

I get the attack on cigarettes, 8million people dying a year from it but lumping in Cigar and Pipe Smokers who are at far less risk to the health issues cigarette smokers face is total bs.

Also these crooked senators and statesman who pass these anti-tobacco bills and laws but are getting caught walking around smoking $150 sticks. Bonkers.

 

[FLDRD]

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"The environmental consequences of tobacco use move it from being a human problem to a planetary problem," states the WHO.

"Tobacco can no longer be categorized simply as a health threat," the agency adds. "It is a threat to human development as a whole."


um...discuss?

The WHO is full of tyrants and should not be allowed to continue on their path of "controlling" the rest of us.

 

[kcghost]

Just a bunch of do-gooders who have totally lost sight of what the original goal was.

 

[olkofri]

Humans are also a planetary problem ?‍

SOME humans, mind.

'Tis only that the ones who do positive things never make the news.

 

[olkofri]

The WHO is full of tyrants and should not be allowed to continue on their path of "controlling" the rest of us.

Well, once their BS Plannedemic Treaty is signed, they'll be controlling the rest of us.

They'll just declare tobacco a "pandemic" and steamroll you. Not far-fetched since they already define tobacco use as a "disease"—such definition is right there in their papers.

 

[olkofri]

"7,000 toxic chemicals"??

It's the filters that's the problem. Gross and most likely toxic, at least aesthetically.

Nay, it's all the particulates from the environment that get suckered into the tobacco when it's dried below 0% RH.

 

[FLDRD]

Well, once their BS Plannedemic Treaty is signed, they'll be controlling the rest of us.

They'll just declare tobacco a "pandemic" and steamroll you. Not far-fetched since they already define tobacco use as a "disease"—such definition is right there in their papers.

There are still plenty who are resisting such entities. Hopefully the relatively silent resistors will prove to be the majority of us in the end.

But I suppose such statements as these give credence to those who keep saying that we are in a golden age of tobacco regarding price and relative availability; and that purchasing for the future is a wise endeavor.

 

[brian64]

The WHO is full of tyrants and should not be allowed to continue on their path of "controlling" the rest of us.

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[Chasing Embers]

WHO needs to worry more about second base than tobacco so I Don't Know can reach home plate

 

[Casual]

Just a bunch of do-gooders who have totally lost sight of what the original goal was.

You’re giving their propaganda too much credence. Their goal is not to nanny you into a healthier lifestyle. Their goal is global governance, i.e., control for themselves over the rest of us, and they’re diligently working toward this goal.

 

[jpberg]

Oh, and China just got elected the WHO executive board.

 

[musicman]

Well this one is getting locked for sure.

 

[jguss]

Yes, tobacco is poisoning the planet. Do your part by mailing me the contents of your tobacco cellar and I’ll ensure that it’s disposed of properly.

 

[Servant King]

Welcome to the forum, from Southern California.

 

[olkofri]

But I suppose such statements as these give credence to those who keep saying that we are in a golden age of tobacco regarding price and relative availability; and that purchasing for the future is a wise endeavor.

Aside from the "golden age" thing, I actually agree with those fellows.

It's true not just for tobacco, but for pretty much everything. Given the current inflation we're unlikely to see cheaper prices for most things that we see to-day. Besides inflation, there's scarcity: quite a number of items are no longer readily available or even availabe at all. Stocking up and buying needed things before they become more expensive or extinct is the order of the day. Anon, not even sinojunk might be available, so...

 

[bullet08]

I think WHO is the problem. They need to understand that the government they support has about 1/4 of world population, and smokes rather like a god damned chimney stack. So.. I can see this conversation lasting pretty short.

 

[Servant King]

This is all just an elaborate ploy by the WHO to get this thread locked.