[ClearCase_guy]

No health risk? No such thing as nicotine poisoning?

[PeterPrinciple]

No health risk? No such thing as nicotine poisoning?

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Too much water can poison us also. Moderation?

[jjsheridan5]

No health risk? No such thing as nicotine poisoning?

I mentioned nicotine toxicity, so this was clearly not a well-thought out question. Nicotine toxicity exists, just as toxicity exists for every chemical. But the levels of toxicity usually cited are comically low, being derived from a 100 year old self-experimentation, resulting in a wild-a**-guess about the level of toxicity. While this level has never been challenged formally, there is a wealth of anecdotal data that suggests that nicotine toxicity is only a realistic problem in extreme cases. By way of example, most attempts to commit suicide via nicotine ingestion have merely ended up with nasty cases of nausea, despite being well above the "official" level of toxicity.