green tobacco sickness

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green to·bac·co sick·ness

an illness of tobacco harvest workers characterized by headache, dizziness, and vomiting.

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A form of nicotine poisoning that affects young tobacco workers in the Southeastern US, caused by dermal exposure to wet tobacco leaves

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Cotinine levels and green tobacco sickness among shadetobacco workers.

Evaluation of the standard protection clothing used during tobacco harvest and implications for the Green Tobacco Sickness (GTS) prevention/Avaliacao da vestimenta-padrao utilizada durante a colheita das folhas do tabaco e implicacoes na prevencao da Green Tobacco Sickness (GTS)

California university medical professor Neal Benowitz explained nicotine poisoning, also called Green Tobacco Sickness, was more severe in youngsters due to their underdeveloped tolerance level against smoking as compared to adults.

Malawi kids 'taking in 50 ciggies a day'

Unintentional poisoning by nicotine has been reported, usually among children who eat cigarettes (5), in suicide attempts (6), or among tobacco workers who experience "green tobacco sickness" (7).

Nicotine poisoning after ingestion of contaminated ground beef -- Michigan, 2003

A study in the March 2000 issue of the American Journal of Industrial Medicine finds that commercialization and consolidation of tobacco farms may be causing a rise in green tobacco sickness, a form of acute nicotine poisoning that occurs after brushing against wet tobacco leaves.

Tobacco Dangers Start on the Farm

Case of green tobacco sickness: occupational nicotine poisoning in tobacco harvesters in Korea.

Proposal of the Global Network for the study of Green Tobacco Sickness/Proposta da Rede Global para o estudo da Doenca do Tabaco Verde