Unlike cotton or rice, cultivating tobacco was seen as an art form, and buyers understood that behind every crop of good tobacco was a meticulous planter with exceptional skills
OKeeffe LM, Taylor G, Huxley RR et al (2018) Smoking as a risk factor for lung cancer in women and men: a systematic review and meta-analysis
A number of countries have prohibited all children from working in tobacco farming, including Brazil and India, the top two global producers of leaf tobacco after China.[295] Brazil prohibits children under the age of 18 from planting, with the exception of clearing, levelling soil and weeding
Smokers ages 18 and 19 are a big source for younger kids, according to the American Lung Association
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