FACT AND FIGURES

Green with nausea, dizziness and stomach cramps
Green tobacco sickness is common among tobacco workers


We’re not just poisoning ourselves by smoking.

As well as health risks from pesticides, tobacco workers also get green tobacco sickness from handling wet tobacco leaves. As many as 41% of migrant workers in North Carolina contract the nicotine-induced illness at least once during the harvest. 1Symptoms include wild fluctuations in blood pressure and heart rates.

  1. 1. Tobacco and the Environment. Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids. 2000