Farm workers work a tobacco field on a farm at kilometer 7 in La Coloma community in Pinar del Río, Cuba, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco)
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You would not let a child smoke a cigarette. But many kids – including some in the U.S. – work on farms picking tobacco for those cigarettes.
And as a result, they can suffer from green tobacco sickness, a kind of nicotine poisoning.
When people pick raw tobacco for hours on end, they can absorb an immense amount of nicotine through their skin, causing symptoms like vomiting and cramps.
