Some companies…allow for lower standards of protection for children in their US supply chain than for those elsewhere…[While] the US has laws to protect kids from the harms of nicotine in cigarettes, there are no restrictions to protect them from nicotine exposure in tobacco fields…Under US law, children are not permitted to work until they are at least 14, and there are strict limits…except in one industry: farm work…The worlds largest tobacco companies purchase tobacco grown in the United States – companies like Altria…, British American Tobacco, China National Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco..., Japan Tobacco..., Lorillard [part of Carolina Group], Philip Morris International and Reynolds American. Most of those tobacco companies…are concerned about child labor in their supply chains…But their current approaches do not sufficiently protect children…[Some] companies allow for lower standards of protection for children in their US supply chain than for children working on tobacco farms in other countries…