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Fact 38
Tobacco is often cured by burning wood.
For every 300 cigarettes that are manufactured, one tree is cut down for curing. In
Zimbabwe alone, an estimated 7,950 hectares of woodlands are cleared
annually to cure tobacco, accounting for 16 percent of the deforestation in
that country.
Source: Heist, Helmut. Global Assessment of Deforestation Related to Tobacco Farming. Tobacco Control. 1999:8; 18-28.
