green tobacco sickness

green tobacco sickness
a transient, recurrent form of nicotine poisoning seen in tobacco harvesters, caused by absorption of dissolved nicotine from wet tobacco leaves through unprotected skin; symptoms include headache, dizziness, vomiting, and prostration.

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