“Standard textbooks, databases, and safety sheets consistently state that the lethal dose of nicotine for adults is 60 mg or less (30–60 mg), but there is overwhelming data indicating that more than 500 mg of oral nicotine is required to kill an adult.[7]” – Source
"The average cigarette contains about 10 to 12 mg of nicotine. " – Source
I guess it depends on your definition of “cigarette butt”.
I was not talking about adults, but children. Especially of toddlers, who put a lot of things into their mouths. There have been confirmed deaths of toddlers from chewing on cigarette butts, but I’m to lazy to dig out references just for your enterteinment.
Cool.
So you just skipped over that whole third part, eh?
OK, so for future reference: in this part of the world, “cigarette butt” refers to the filter and optionally whatever remaining tobacco is unburnt after the cigarette is finished.
“Standard textbooks, databases, and safety sheets consistently state that the lethal dose of nicotine for adults is 60 mg or less (30–60 mg), but there is overwhelming data indicating that more than 500 mg of oral nicotine is required to kill an adult.[7]” – Source
"The average cigarette contains about 10 to 12 mg of nicotine. " – Source
I guess it depends on your definition of “cigarette butt”.
I was not talking about adults, but children. Especially of toddlers, who put a lot of things into their mouths. There have been confirmed deaths of toddlers from chewing on cigarette butts, but I’m to lazy to dig out references just for your enterteinment.
Cool.
So you just skipped over that whole third part, eh?
OK, so for future reference: in this part of the world, “cigarette butt” refers to the filter and optionally whatever remaining tobacco is unburnt after the cigarette is finished.
Hence “depends on your definition”.