Toxicological trivia from April 14, 2010: An recent  investigation has found that children in Malawi who are forced to work as tobacco pickers are exposed to nicotine poisoning equivalent to smoking:
a) 5 cigarettes a day;
b) 25 cigarettes a day;
c) 50 cigarettes a day.

Correct answer c. Child workers, some as young as five, are suffering severe health problems from a daily skin absorption of up to 54 milligrams of dissolved nicotine, according to international children’s organisation Plan.Read more in notice: Nicotine poisoning in Malawi’s childrens.