Vietnam’s drive to extinguish smoking by expanding smoke-free areas

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 02:36:50 +07:00
Health

In Vietnam, with about 15 million smokers, cigarette waste amounts to thousands of tonnes annually, worsening the plastic pollution crisis. Additionally, around 4.5 million hectares of land are destroyed yearly for tobacco cultivation and wood for drying.

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