 Tobacco industry

The tobacco industry comprises those persons and companies engaged in the growth, preparation for sale, shipment, advertisement, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco-related products.It is a global industry; tobacco can grow in any warm, moist environment, which means it can be farmed on all continents except Antarctica.According to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control “tobacco industry” means tobacco manufacturers, wholesale distributors and importers
of tobacco products; The treaty provides its 181 member states the duty of "In setting and implementing their public health policies with respect to tobacco control,
Parties shall act to protect these policies from commercial and other vested interests of the
tobacco industry in accordance with national law."