age ▁with ▁dedu ctions ▁by ▁the ▁contract or ▁or ▁gro wer ▁for ▁drink ing ▁water ▁or ▁for ▁reasons ▁that ▁were ▁not ▁explained ▁to ▁them . ▁ ▁In ▁United ▁States ▁children ▁were ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁working ▁for ▁twelve ▁hours ▁in ▁Tob acco ▁Field s . ▁ ▁Famil ies ▁that ▁farm ▁to b acco ▁often ▁have ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁difficult ▁decision ▁between ▁having ▁their ▁children ▁work ▁or ▁go ▁to ▁school . ▁Unfortunately ▁working ▁often ▁be ats ▁education ▁because ▁to b acco ▁far mers , ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁developing ▁world , ▁cannot ▁make ▁enough ▁money ▁from ▁their ▁c rop ▁to ▁surv ive ▁without ▁the ▁cheap ▁labor ▁that ▁children ▁provide . ▁ ▁Econom y ▁A ▁large ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁prof its ▁from ▁to b acco ▁production ▁go ▁to ▁large ▁to b acco ▁companies ▁rather ▁than ▁local ▁to b acco ▁far mers . ▁Also ▁many ▁countries ▁have ▁government ▁subs id ies ▁for ▁to b acco ▁far ming . ▁Major ▁to b acco ▁companies ▁have ▁encourag ed ▁global ▁to b acco ▁production . ▁Philip ▁Morris , ▁British ▁American ▁Tob acco ▁and ▁Japan ▁Tob acco ▁each ▁own ▁or ▁le ase ▁to b acco ▁manufact uring ▁facilities ▁in ▁at ▁least ▁ 5 0 ▁countries ▁and ▁buy ▁cru de ▁to b acco ▁leaf ▁from ▁at ▁least ▁ 1 2 ▁more ▁countries . ▁This ▁encourag ement , ▁along ▁with ▁government ▁subs id ies ▁has ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁gl ut ▁in ▁the ▁to b acco ▁market . ▁This ▁sur plus ▁has ▁resulted ▁in ▁lower ▁prices , ▁which ▁are ▁dev ast ating ▁to ▁small -