In most of the United States, it is illegal for those under the age of 18 to purchase tobacco or tobacco products. With the primary chemical in tobacco -- nicotine -- carrying a higher rate of addiction than alcohol, the push to slow the flow of new tobacco addicts has grown to be a matter of urgent national attention. However, children as young as
America’s Legal Child Laborers Toil In Tobacco Fields
They’re too young to buy cigarettes in most states, but young workers on tobacco farms are still feeling the negative effects of nicotine.