© World Health Organization 2004

"Tobacco and poverty" is a package developed for the World No Tobacco Day 2004 campaign. "A vicious circle" illustrates the link between tobacco and poverty. Tobacco tends to be consumed by those who are poorer. In turn, it contributes to poverty through loss of income, loss of productivity, disease and death. Together, tobacco and poverty form a vicious circle from which it is often difficult to escape.