DN! Philip Morris Using Child Labor in Kazak Tobacco Fields

Philip Morris Using Child Labor in Kazak Tobacco Fields

The tobacco giant Philip Morris is under scrutiny for using child labor in remote areas of Kazakhstan. In a new report, Human Rights Watch says it's documented at least seventy-two cases of child workers harvesting tobacco on farms that supply a Philip Morris-owned factory. The children were as young as ten years old. Harvesting tobacco would be a particularly dangerous task for children because of the exposure to high levels of nicotine. Philip Morris says it's adopted "sweeping changes" to end child labor in its supply chain in response to the report's findings.

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