2022年世界无烟日主题已确定,“Tobacco: Threat to our environment. ”

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Protect the environment, World No Tobacco Day 2022 will give you one more reason to quit

保护环境,2022年世界无烟日将给你一个戒烟的理由

WHO today announces the 2022 global campaign for World No Tobacco Day - “Tobacco: Threat to our environment."  . The campaign is aimed to raise awareness among the public on the environmental impact of tobacco – from cultivation, production, distribution and waste. It will give tobacco users one extra reason to quit.

世卫组织今天宣布2022年世界无烟日全球运动——“烟草:对我们环境的威胁”。 该运动旨在提高公众对烟草的环境影响的认识——从种植、生产、分销和浪费。这将给烟草使用者一个戒烟的新的理由。

The campaign will also aim to expose tobacco industry’s effort to “greenwash” its reputation and products by marketing themselves as environmentally friendly.

该活动还旨在揭露烟草业通过将自己推销为环保产品来“绿化”其声誉和产品的努力

With an annual greenhouse gas contribution of 84 megatons carbon dioxide equivalent, the tobacco industry contributes to climate change and reduces climate resilience, wasting resources and damaging ecosystems.

烟草业每年排放的温室气体相当于84兆吨二氧化碳,导致气候变化,降低气候适应能力,浪费资源,破坏生态系统。

Around 3.5 million hectares of land are destroyed for tobacco growing each year. Growing tobacco contributes to deforestation, especially in the developing world. of Deforestation for tobacco plantations promotes soil degradation and “failing yields” or the capacity for the land to support the growth of any other crops or vegetation.

每年大约有350万公顷的土地被毁于烟草种植。种植烟草会导致森林砍伐,尤其是在发展中国家。为种植烟草而砍伐森林会促进土壤退化和“产量下降”或土地支持任何其他作物或植被生长的能力。

“The environmental impacts of tobacco using adds unnecessary pressure to our planet’s already scarce resources and fragile ecosystems. This is especially dangerous for developing countries, as that’s where most of the tobacco production happens.” said Dr Ruediger Krech, Director of Health Promotion, “Every cigarette you smoke, you are literally burning resources where they are already scarce, burning resources where our very existence depends upon.”

“烟草使用对环境的影响给我们这个星球本已稀缺的资源和脆弱的生态系统增加了不必要的压力。这对发展中国家尤其危险,因为那里是烟草生产的主要地区。健康促进主任Ruediger Krech博士说:“你抽的每一根烟,实际上都是在燃烧本已稀缺的资源,燃烧我们赖以生存的资源。”

The environmental burden falls on countries least able to cope with it, the profits are made by transnational tobacco companies that are based in higher-income countries.

环境负担落在最无力应对的国家身上,利润则由设在高收入国家的跨国烟草公司赚取。

With about 90% of all tobacco production concentrated in the developing world, tobacco has an immensely uneven impact on different socioeconomic groups. In low- and middle-income countries, many farmers and government officials see tobacco as a cash crop that can generate economic growth, however, the short-term cash benefits of the crop are offset by the long-term consequences of increased food insecurity, frequent sustained farmers’ debt, illness and poverty among farm workers, and widespread environmental damage in low- and middle-income countries.

由于大约90%的烟草生产集中在发展中国家,烟草对不同社会经济群体的影响极不平衡。在低收入和中等收入国家,许多农民和政府官员将烟草视为一种可以促进经济增长的经济作物,然而,这种作物的短期现金效益被粮食不安全加剧、农民经常持续负债、农民患病和农民贫困的长期后果所抵消,以及低收入和中等收入国家普遍存在的环境破坏。

The tobacco industry has also invested heavily to “greenwash” their environmentally damaging practices by reporting environmental impact and funding environmental corporate social responsibility projects and organizations. Their smoke screen is only able to work due to lack of objective data as well as limited and inconsistent legislation at international and local levels.

烟草业还投入巨资,通过报告环境影响和资助环境企业社会责任项目和组织,来“美化”他们破坏环境的做法。由于缺乏客观数据以及国际和地方各级有限和不一致的立法,它们的烟幕弹才能够发挥作用。

Reducing tobacco consumption needs to be identified as a key lever for achieving all of the Sustainable Development Goals, not just those directly related to health.

需要将减少烟草消费确定为实现所有可持续发展目标的关键杠杆,而不仅仅是那些直接与健康有关的目标。

The campaign calls on governments and policy makers to step up legislation, including implementing and strengthening existing schemes to make producers responsible for the environmental and economic costs of tobacco product waste.

这场运动呼吁各国政府和决策者加强立法,包括实施和加强现有计划,让生产商为烟草产品浪费造成的环境和经济成本负责。

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