Has anybody heard of someone dying from a nicotine overdose? My cousin recently passed away, and it was supposedly from a nicotine overdose. He didn't even smoke ciggarettes that much. I think it is a bunch of bullshit, but I could be wrong.
2006-07-24 16:19:13 · 8 answers · asked by lindsslc78 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
You can have a severe reaction to too much nicotine in your body.
I tried to quit smoking and used patches, but alas, I continued to smoke while wearing a patch, and had a bad reaction, But, if your
cousin did not smoke, I would wonder where that amount of nicotine was able to be found in his body. I don't know of any other source that would deliver any amount of nicotine to a body.
2006-07-24 16:30:20 · answer #1 · answered by pa69oldfart 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's possible, but hard to do. Nicotine is a poison.
If he didn't smoke that much and smoked a LOT in one go...or was chewing tobacco and got a higher concentration than normal, it could poison him to the extent it would kill.
He may have had an intolerance to it...it took much less than normal to kill him...like a food allergy or something along those lines.
I am sorry for your loss...that sucks a lot.
2006-07-24 23:24:09 · answer #2 · answered by Leo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure its possible if you got enough into your system at one time, but I've never heard of it before, I would think it would be more likely to die from asphixiation from smoking to than o.d.ing on nicotine.
2006-07-24 23:23:41 · answer #3 · answered by Mark G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, nicotine is a poison.
2006-07-24 23:23:05 · answer #4 · answered by nitr0bike 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nicotine is a poison. How did he injest it?
2006-07-24 23:23:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know you can work your way into an asthma attakc from chain smoking for a long while.
2006-07-24 23:22:49 · answer #6 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wel...
it could be possible
2006-07-24 23:30:01 · answer #7 · answered by wxy0062003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
2006-07-24 23:23:48 · answer #8 · answered by pierr295 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋