The world needs to grow more food and less tobacco, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report, pointing out 349 million people around the world are facing acute food insecurity. Tobacco farming is taking up millions of acres of fertile land that can help feed these people, it said.
The tobacco industry is interfering with attempts to substitute its growing, contributing to the global food crisis, it further said. Tobacco growing harms the health of people, farmers and even the planet’s health, the WHO said in a report, World No Tobacco Day 2023 released May 25, 2023.
